diff --git a/config/alfresco/bootstrap-context.xml b/config/alfresco/bootstrap-context.xml
index 49e63ebfa5..0c50380804 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/bootstrap-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/bootstrap-context.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
              <ref bean="patch.db-V2.0-AVMFKIndexes" />
              <ref bean="patch.db-V2.1-JBPMData" />
              <ref bean="patch.db-V2.1-VersionColumns" />
+             <ref bean="patch.db-V2.1-JBPMProcessKey" />
           </list>
        </property>
     </bean>
diff --git a/config/alfresco/dbscripts/upgrade/2.1/org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect/AlfrescoSchemaUpdate-2.1-JBPMProcessKey.sql b/config/alfresco/dbscripts/upgrade/2.1/org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect/AlfrescoSchemaUpdate-2.1-JBPMProcessKey.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76bc35de1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/alfresco/dbscripts/upgrade/2.1/org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect/AlfrescoSchemaUpdate-2.1-JBPMProcessKey.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--
+-- Title:      Jbpm 3.2 Process Instance Key
+-- Database:   Generic
+-- Since:      V2.1 Schema 63
+-- Author:     David Caruana
+--
+-- Please contact support@alfresco.com if you need assistance with the upgrade.
+-- 
+
+UPDATE JBPM_PROCESSINSTANCE SET KEY_ = '' || ID_ WHERE KEY_ IS NULL;
+
+--
+-- Record script finish
+--
+DELETE FROM alf_applied_patch WHERE id = 'patch.db-V2.1-JBPMProcessKey';
+INSERT INTO alf_applied_patch
+  (id, description, fixes_from_schema, fixes_to_schema, applied_to_schema, target_schema, applied_on_date, applied_to_server, was_executed, succeeded, report)
+  VALUES
+  (
+    'patch.db-V2.1-JBPMProcessKey', 'Manually executed script upgrade V2.1: JBPM 3.2 Process Instance Key',
+    0, 62, -1, 63, null, 'UNKOWN', 1, 1, 'Script completed'
+  );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/alfresco/patch/patch-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/patch/patch-services-context.xml
index 49a55049b2..14664122ad 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/patch/patch-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/patch/patch-services-context.xml
@@ -873,15 +873,27 @@
             <ref bean="avmAspectNameDAO"/>
         </property>
     </bean>
-
-    <bean id="patch.AVMProperties" class="org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.impl.AVMPropertiesPatch" parent="basePatch">
-        <property name="id"><value>patch.AVMProperties</value></property>
-        <property name="description"><value>patch.AVMProperties.description</value></property>
-        <property name="fixesFromSchema"><value>0</value></property>
-        <property name="fixesToSchema"><value>61</value></property>
-        <property name="targetSchema"><value>62</value></property>
-        <property name="avmNodePropertyDAO">
-            <ref bean="avmNodePropertyDAO"/>
-        </property>
-    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="patch.AVMProperties" class="org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.impl.AVMPropertiesPatch" parent="basePatch">
+        <property name="id"><value>patch.AVMProperties</value></property>
+        <property name="description"><value>patch.AVMProperties.description</value></property>
+        <property name="fixesFromSchema"><value>0</value></property>
+        <property name="fixesToSchema"><value>61</value></property>
+        <property name="targetSchema"><value>62</value></property>
+        <property name="avmNodePropertyDAO">
+            <ref bean="avmNodePropertyDAO"/>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="patch.db-V2.1-JBPMProcessKey" class="org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.impl.SchemaUpgradeScriptPatch" parent="basePatch">
+        <property name="id"><value>patch.db-V2.1-JBPMProcessKey</value></property>
+        <property name="description"><value>patch.schemaUpgradeScript.description</value></property>
+        <property name="fixesFromSchema"><value>0</value></property>
+        <property name="fixesToSchema"><value>62</value></property>
+        <property name="targetSchema"><value>63</value></property>
+        <property name="scriptUrl">
+            <value>classpath:alfresco/dbscripts/upgrade/2.1/${db.script.dialect}/AlfrescoSchemaUpdate-2.1-JBPMProcessKey.sql</value>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
 </beans>
diff --git a/config/alfresco/version.properties b/config/alfresco/version.properties
index 66f857d2c9..14c3d18bf3 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/version.properties
+++ b/config/alfresco/version.properties
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ version.build=@build-number@
 
 # Schema number
 
-version.schema=62
+version.schema=63
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/jbpm/JBPMEngine.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/jbpm/JBPMEngine.java
index 60fb434750..429bba6126 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/jbpm/JBPMEngine.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/jbpm/JBPMEngine.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.workflow.WorkflowTransition;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceException;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
+import org.alfresco.util.GUID;
 import org.hibernate.Criteria;
 import org.hibernate.Query;
 import org.hibernate.Session;
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ public class JBPMEngine extends BPMEngine
                     GraphSession graphSession = context.getGraphSession();
                     ProcessDefinition processDefinition = getProcessDefinition(graphSession, workflowDefinitionId);
                     ProcessInstance processInstance = new ProcessInstance(processDefinition);
+                    processInstance.setKey(GUID.generate());
                  
                     // assign initial process context
                     ContextInstance processContext = processInstance.getContextInstance();