diff --git a/kogito-quarkus-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-quarkus/src/test/java/org/acme/deals/DealsRestIT.java b/kogito-quarkus-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-quarkus/src/test/java/org/acme/deals/DealsRestIT.java
index 063694e427..0166996378 100644
--- a/kogito-quarkus-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-quarkus/src/test/java/org/acme/deals/DealsRestIT.java
+++ b/kogito-quarkus-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-quarkus/src/test/java/org/acme/deals/DealsRestIT.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.acme.deals;
 
+import org.flywaydb.core.Flyway;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.kie.kogito.testcontainers.quarkus.PostgreSqlQuarkusTestResource;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,19 @@
 @QuarkusTestResource(PostgreSqlQuarkusTestResource.class)
 public class DealsRestIT {
 
+    private static final String QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME = "quarkus.datasource.username";
+    private static final String QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD = "quarkus.datasource.password";
+    private static final String QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_URL = "quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url";
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    public static void initFlywaySchema() {
+        String username = System.getProperty(QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_USERNAME);
+        String password = System.getProperty(QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD);
+        String url = System.getProperty(QUARKUS_DATASOURCE_URL);
+        Flyway flyway = Flyway.configure().dataSource(url, username, password).load();
+        flyway.migrate();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDealsRest() {
         // test adding new deal
diff --git a/kogito-springboot-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-springboot/src/main/resources/postgresql.properties b/kogito-springboot-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-springboot/src/main/resources/postgresql.properties
index c64b3063fd..45d272e9fc 100644
--- a/kogito-springboot-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-springboot/src/main/resources/postgresql.properties
+++ b/kogito-springboot-examples/process-postgresql-persistence-springboot/src/main/resources/postgresql.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ kogito.persistence.type=postgresql
 kogito.persistence.postgresql.connection.uri=postgresql://kogito-user:kogito-pass@localhost:5432/kogito
 
 #run create tables scripts during the application startup
-kogito.persistence.auto.ddl=true
+spring.flyway.enabled=true
+spring.flyway.baseline-on-migrate=true