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 958fdf04ca7..a9a7409037e 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
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.kie.kogito.internal.process.runtime.KogitoWorkItemHandler;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.Process;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.ProcessInstance;
+import org.kie.kogito.process.ProcessInstancesFactory;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.Processes;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.impl.CachedWorkItemHandlerConfig;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.impl.DefaultProcessEventListenerConfig;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public class StaticWorkflowApplication extends StaticApplication implements Auto
     private Iterable<StaticProcessRegister> processRegisters;
     private final Collection<AutoCloseable> closeables = new ArrayList<>();
     private final Map<String, SynchronousQueue<JsonNodeModel>> queues;
+    private ProcessInstancesFactory processInstancesFactory;
 
     private static class StaticCompletionEventListener extends DefaultKogitoProcessEventListener {
 
@@ -171,6 +173,11 @@ public JsonNodeModel execute(Workflow workflow, JsonNode data) {
         return execute(findOrCreate(workflow), data);
     }
 
+    public StaticWorkflowApplication withProcessInstances(ProcessInstancesFactory processInstanceFactory) {
+        this.processInstancesFactory = processInstanceFactory;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     private Process<JsonNodeModel> findOrCreate(Workflow workflow) {
         return findProcessById(workflow.getId()).orElseGet(() -> process(workflow));
     }
@@ -264,7 +271,7 @@ public Optional<JsonNodeModel> waitForFinish(String id, Duration duration) throw
 
     private Process<JsonNodeModel> createProcess(Workflow workflow) {
         workflowRegisters.forEach(r -> r.register(this, workflow));
-        StaticWorkflowProcess process = new StaticWorkflowProcess(this, handlers, ServerlessWorkflowParser
+        StaticWorkflowProcess process = new StaticWorkflowProcess(this, handlers, processInstancesFactory, ServerlessWorkflowParser
                 .of(workflow, JavaKogitoBuildContext.builder().withApplicationProperties(System.getProperties()).build()).getProcessInfo().info());
         processRegisters.forEach(r -> r.register(this, workflow, process));
         WorkflowProcessImpl workflowProcess = (WorkflowProcessImpl) process.get();
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowProcess.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowProcess.java
index 2c98a4586bc..4658f0b2814 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowProcess.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-core/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/StaticWorkflowProcess.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.kie.kogito.internal.process.runtime.KogitoWorkItemHandler;
 import org.kie.kogito.internal.process.runtime.KogitoWorkflowProcess;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.ProcessInstance;
+import org.kie.kogito.process.ProcessInstancesFactory;
 import org.kie.kogito.process.impl.AbstractProcess;
 import org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.models.JsonNodeModel;
 
@@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ class StaticWorkflowProcess extends AbstractProcess<JsonNodeModel> {
 
     private final KogitoWorkflowProcess process;
 
-    public StaticWorkflowProcess(Application app, Collection<KogitoWorkItemHandler> handlers, KogitoWorkflowProcess process) {
-        super(app, handlers, null);
+    public StaticWorkflowProcess(Application app, Collection<KogitoWorkItemHandler> handlers, ProcessInstancesFactory processInstanceFactory, KogitoWorkflowProcess process) {
+        super(app, handlers, null, processInstanceFactory);
         this.process = process;
+        activate();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -53,6 +55,11 @@ public ProcessInstance<? extends Model> createInstance(Model m) {
         return createInstance((JsonNodeModel) m);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonNodeModel createModel() {
+        return new JsonNodeModel();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ProcessInstance<JsonNodeModel> createInstance(WorkflowProcessInstance wpi) {
         return new StaticWorkflowProcessInstance(this, this.createModel(), this.createProcessRuntime(), wpi);
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/pom.xml b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/pom.xml
index 9be2961fe88..a995b5db496 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
       <groupId>io.cloudevents</groupId>
       <artifactId>cloudevents-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kogito-addons-persistence-rocksdb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/WorkflowEventSubscriberTest.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/WorkflowEventSubscriberTest.java
index 0bfbc3a3b60..7362f7ca5b1 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/WorkflowEventSubscriberTest.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-executor-kafka/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/executor/WorkflowEventSubscriberTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.executor;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -26,6 +27,12 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.MockConsumer;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.kie.kogito.persistence.rocksdb.RocksDBProcessInstancesFactory;
+import org.rocksdb.Options;
+import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.TextNode;
 
 import io.cloudevents.CloudEvent;
 import io.cloudevents.core.builder.CloudEventBuilder;
@@ -60,6 +67,25 @@ void testCallbackSubscriber() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testCallbackSubscriberWithPersistence(@TempDir Path tempDir) throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException, RocksDBException {
+        final String eventType = "testSubscribe";
+        final String additionalData = "This has been injected by the event";
+        Workflow workflow = workflow("testCallback").start(callback(call(expr("concat", "{slogan:.slogan+\"er Beti\"}")), eventDef(eventType))).end().build();
+        try (StaticWorkflowApplication application =
+                StaticWorkflowApplication.create().withProcessInstances(new RocksDBProcessInstancesFactory(new Options().setCreateIfMissing(true), tempDir.toString()))) {
+            String id = application.execute(workflow, jsonObject().put("slogan", "Viva ")).getId();
+            assertThat(application.variables(id).orElseThrow().getWorkflowdata().get("slogan").equals(new TextNode("Viva ")));
+            publish(eventType, buildCloudEvent(eventType, id)
+                    .withData(JsonCloudEventData.wrap(jsonObject().put("additionalData", additionalData)))
+                    .build());
+            assertThat(application.waitForFinish(id, Duration.ofSeconds(20)).orElseThrow().getWorkflowdata())
+                    .isEqualTo(jsonObject().put("additionalData", additionalData).put("slogan", "Viva er Beti"));
+            Thread.sleep(10);
+            assertThat(application.variables(id)).isEmpty();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testEventSubscriber() throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
         final String eventType = "testSubscribe";