diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/LiquibaseBasedSchemaManager.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/LiquibaseBasedSchemaManager.java
index e4b9aafc563..a61d27c5eeb 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/LiquibaseBasedSchemaManager.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/LiquibaseBasedSchemaManager.java
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ public LiquibaseBasedSchemaManager(String context, String changeLogFile, String
 
     public void initSchema(String databaseSchemaUpdate) {
         try {
-            if (AbstractEngineConfiguration.DB_SCHEMA_UPDATE_CREATE_DROP.equals(databaseSchemaUpdate)) {
+            if (AbstractEngineConfiguration.DB_SCHEMA_UPDATE_CREATE.equals(databaseSchemaUpdate)) {
+                runForLiquibase(this::schemaCreate);
+            }
+            else if (AbstractEngineConfiguration.DB_SCHEMA_UPDATE_CREATE_DROP.equals(databaseSchemaUpdate)) {
                 runForLiquibase(this::schemaCreate);
 
             } else if (AbstractEngineConfiguration.DB_SCHEMA_UPDATE_DROP_CREATE.equals(databaseSchemaUpdate)) {