diff --git a/quickstarts/camel-jpa-binding/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/quickstarts/camel-jpa-binding/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index d3fe41512..7d29a4077 100644
--- a/quickstarts/camel-jpa-binding/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/quickstarts/camel-jpa-binding/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       <exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
       <properties>
          <!-- Properties for Hibernate -->
-         <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop" />
+         <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="update" />
          <!-- Uncomment to print SQL statements executed by Hibernate
          <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />
          -->