"jainer" wrote : deploy first the subprocess and then deploy the parent process, it works fine, it don't matter which of both you update. You may be right, but that's not what I remember. Furthermore, I know this is an old post but just for the sake of the archives: at the time of writing this (but probably since some earlier date) one can specifically tell jBPM to always take the latest version: <process-state name="My sub process"> | <sub-process name="mySubProcess" binding="late"/> | <transition name="end" to="End"></transition> | </process-state> Arjan. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4030626#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...