diff --git a/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployer.java b/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployer.java
index fd7d97444fba69074ccce644151b1dd5f6fc121d..82528e792ea8cd68319248b8b707b2a3bab237e8 100755
--- a/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployer.java
+++ b/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * 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.
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ public class BpmnDeployer implements Deployer {
             if (persistedProcessDefinition != null) {
                 processDefinition.setId(persistedProcessDefinition.getId());
                 processDefinition.setVersion(persistedProcessDefinition.getVersion());
+                processDefinition.setAppVersion(persistedProcessDefinition.getAppVersion());
                 processDefinition.setSuspensionState(persistedProcessDefinition.getSuspensionState());
             }
         }
diff --git a/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployerTest.java b/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88b07ceb6ad26f34dcfd7f41b35de4ab18836119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/deployer/BpmnDeployerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Alfresco, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.activiti.engine.impl.bpmn.deployer;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations.initMocks;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ProcessDefinitionEntityImpl;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+
+public class BpmnDeployerTest {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private BpmnDeployer bpmnDeployer;
+
+    @Mock
+    private BpmnDeploymentHelper bpmnDeploymentHelper;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        initMocks(this);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void makeProcessDefinitionsConsistentWithPersistedVersions_should_setAppVersion() {
+        //given
+        ParsedDeployment parsedDeployment = mock(ParsedDeployment.class);
+        ProcessDefinitionEntityImpl parsedProcessDefinition = new ProcessDefinitionEntityImpl();
+
+        given(parsedDeployment.getAllProcessDefinitions()).willReturn(Collections.singletonList(
+            parsedProcessDefinition));
+
+        ProcessDefinitionEntityImpl persistedProcessDefinition = new ProcessDefinitionEntityImpl();
+        persistedProcessDefinition.setId("procId");
+        persistedProcessDefinition.setVersion(1);
+        persistedProcessDefinition.setAppVersion(2);
+        given(bpmnDeploymentHelper.getPersistedInstanceOfProcessDefinition(parsedProcessDefinition))
+            .willReturn(persistedProcessDefinition);
+
+        //when
+        bpmnDeployer.makeProcessDefinitionsConsistentWithPersistedVersions(
+            parsedDeployment);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(parsedProcessDefinition.getId()).isEqualTo(persistedProcessDefinition.getId());
+        assertThat(parsedProcessDefinition.getVersion()).isEqualTo(persistedProcessDefinition.getVersion());
+        assertThat(parsedProcessDefinition.getAppVersion()).isEqualTo(persistedProcessDefinition.getAppVersion());
+        assertThat(parsedProcessDefinition.getSuspensionState()).isEqualTo(persistedProcessDefinition.getSuspensionState());
+
+    }
+
+}