diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java
index 1ecfc6c..10e87bb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/eva/submission/integration/SubmissionWSIntegrationTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void dataSourceProperties(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         registry.add("spring.datasource.url", postgreSQLContainer::getJdbcUrl);
         registry.add("spring.datasource.username", postgreSQLContainer::getUsername);
         registry.add("spring.datasource.password", postgreSQLContainer::getPassword);
-        registry.add("spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto", () -> "update");
+        registry.add("spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto", () -> "create");
     }
 
     @Test