diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowApplication.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowApplication.java
index 17e40acdfc4..22634fab628 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowApplication.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowApplication.java
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ public Process<JsonNodeModel> process(Workflow workflow) {
         return processes.map.computeIfAbsent(workflow.getId(), k -> createProcess(workflow));
     }
 
+    public Process<JsonNodeModel> processAlways(Workflow workflow) {
+        return processes.map.put(workflow.getId(), createProcess(workflow));
+    }
+
     public void registerHandler(KogitoWorkItemHandler handler) {
         handlers.add(handler);
     }
diff --git a/quarkus/addons/process-definitions/runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/process/definitions/ProcessDefinitionsResource.java b/quarkus/addons/process-definitions/runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/process/definitions/ProcessDefinitionsResource.java
index c27ce320ffb..eb84e2c19b0 100644
--- a/quarkus/addons/process-definitions/runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/process/definitions/ProcessDefinitionsResource.java
+++ b/quarkus/addons/process-definitions/runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/process/definitions/ProcessDefinitionsResource.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public Response executeProcess(@PathParam("id") String processId, JsonNodeModelI
     @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
     @Path("{id}/definition")
     public Response uploadProcess(@PathParam("id") String processId, String content) throws IOException {
-        application.process(ServerlessWorkflowUtils.getWorkflow(new StringReader(content), content.startsWith("{") ? WorkflowFormat.JSON : WorkflowFormat.YAML));
+        application.processAlways(ServerlessWorkflowUtils.getWorkflow(new StringReader(content), content.startsWith("{") ? WorkflowFormat.JSON : WorkflowFormat.YAML));
         return Response.ok().build();
     }
 }