diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/plugin/AbstractProcessPlugin.java b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/plugin/AbstractProcessPlugin.java
index 37116b2de..5cec5ce37 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/plugin/AbstractProcessPlugin.java
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/plugin/AbstractProcessPlugin.java
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ Resource getResource()
 	private static final String PROCESS_ID_PATTERN_STRING = "^(?<domainNoDots>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)_(?<processName>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$";
 	private static final Pattern PROCESS_ID_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(PROCESS_ID_PATTERN_STRING);
 
+	private static final String DEFAULT_PROCESS_HISTORY_TIME_TO_LIVE = "P30D";
+
 	private final D processPluginDefinition;
 	private final A processPluginApi;
 	private final boolean draft;
@@ -679,6 +681,18 @@ file, getDefinitionName(), getDefinitionVersion(), VERSION_PLACEHOLDER_PATTERN_S
 
 					property.setCamundaName(MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_PROCESS_API_VERSION);
 					property.setCamundaValue(getProcessPluginApiVersion());
+
+					if (process.getCamundaHistoryTimeToLiveString() == null
+							|| process.getCamundaHistoryTimeToLiveString().isBlank())
+					{
+						if (isDraft())
+							logger.info("Setting process history time to live for process {} from {} to {}",
+									process.getId(), jarFile.toString(), DEFAULT_PROCESS_HISTORY_TIME_TO_LIVE);
+						else
+							logger.debug("Setting process history time to live for process {} from {} to {}",
+									process.getId(), jarFile.toString(), DEFAULT_PROCESS_HISTORY_TIME_TO_LIVE);
+						process.setCamundaHistoryTimeToLiveString(DEFAULT_PROCESS_HISTORY_TIME_TO_LIVE);
+					}
 				});
 
 				return new BpmnFileAndModel(draft, file, model, getJarFile());
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/camunda/postgres_engine_7.19_to_7.20.sql b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/camunda/postgres_engine_7.19_to_7.20.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5cb12ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/camunda/postgres_engine_7.19_to_7.20.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--
+-- Copyright Camunda Services GmbH and/or licensed to Camunda Services GmbH
+-- under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+-- distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+-- ownership. Camunda licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+-- Version 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+--
+
+insert into ACT_GE_SCHEMA_LOG
+values ('900', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, '7.20.0');
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.camunda_engine.changelog-1.3.0.xml b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.camunda_engine.changelog-1.3.0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..969939545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.camunda_engine.changelog-1.3.0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<databaseChangeLog
+	xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
+                      http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-3.6.xsd">
+
+	<changeSet author="camunda.org" id="db.camunda_engine.changelog-1.3.0">
+		<sqlFile dbms="postgresql" encoding="utf8" path="db/camunda/postgres_engine_7.19_to_7.20.sql" />
+	</changeSet>
+
+</databaseChangeLog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.changelog.xml b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.changelog.xml
index 20875b04b..00cdc8610 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.changelog.xml
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-server/src/main/resources/db/db.changelog.xml
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
 	<include file="db/db.process_states.changelog-1.0.0.xml" />
 
 	<include file="db/db.last_event.changelog-1.0.0.xml" />
+
+	<include file="db/db.camunda_engine.changelog-1.3.0.xml" />
 </databaseChangeLog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd0d7d41a..a11488905 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<tyrus.version>2.1.3</tyrus.version>
 		<spring.version>6.0.12</spring.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
-		<camunda.version>7.19.0</camunda.version>
+		<camunda.version>7.20.0</camunda.version>
 		<hapi.fhir.version>5.1.0</hapi.fhir.version>
 		<hapi.hl7v2.version>2.3</hapi.hl7v2.version>
 	</properties>