diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/AbstractSqlScriptBasedDbSchemaManager.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/AbstractSqlScriptBasedDbSchemaManager.java
index 59e5d7021f6..b2a7d55a0f8 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/AbstractSqlScriptBasedDbSchemaManager.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/db/AbstractSqlScriptBasedDbSchemaManager.java
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ public String getProperty(String propertyName, boolean checkPropertyTablePresent
             tableName = prependDatabaseTablePrefix(tableName);
         }
         try (PreparedStatement statement = databaseConfiguration.getConnection()
-                .prepareStatement("select VALUE_ from " + tableName + " where NAME_ = ?")) {
+                .prepareStatement("select VALUE_ from " + tableName + " where NAME_ = ?");
+             ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery()) {
 
             statement.setString(1, propertyName);
-            ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery();
             if (resultSet.next()) {
                 return resultSet.getString(1);
             } else {