diff --git a/engine/src/test/resources/org/camunda/bpm/engine/test/api/authorization/resource.authorization.provider.camunda.cfg.xml b/engine/src/test/resources/org/camunda/bpm/engine/test/api/authorization/resource.authorization.provider.camunda.cfg.xml
index 4a9dcca1e36..46a11512bd9 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/resources/org/camunda/bpm/engine/test/api/authorization/resource.authorization.provider.camunda.cfg.xml
+++ b/engine/src/test/resources/org/camunda/bpm/engine/test/api/authorization/resource.authorization.provider.camunda.cfg.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     <property name="resourceAuthorizationProvider" ref="myResourceAuthorizationProvider" />
     <property name="enforceHistoryTimeToLive" value="false" />
 
+    <!-- telemetry configuration -->
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
+
   </bean>
 
   <bean id="myResourceAuthorizationProvider" class="org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.api.authorization.MyResourceAuthorizationProvider" />
diff --git a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-new-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-new-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
index d4fd15b8c8b..a95b4251adb 100644
--- a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-new-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
+++ b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-new-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
 
     <!-- turn off metrics reporter -->
     <property name="dbMetricsReporterActivate" value="false" />
-    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false" />
     <property name="taskMetricsEnabled" value="false" />
 
     <property name="jdbcBatchProcessing" value="false"/>
     <property name="enforceHistoryTimeToLive" value="false" />
 
+    <!-- telemetry configuration -->
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
+
   </bean>
   
 </beans>
diff --git a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml
index 27602a07575..62a3668943d 100644
--- a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml
+++ b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 
     <property name="jdbcBatchProcessing" value="false"/>
 
-    <!--  -->
     <property name="generalResourceWhitelistPattern" value=".+"/>
 
     <property name="enforceHistoryTimeToLive" value="false" />
+
+    <!-- telemetry configuration -->
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
   </bean>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
index ba9814fcfd2..748324da24b 100644
--- a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
+++ b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/create-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <!-- turn off metrics reporter -->
     <property name="dbMetricsReporterActivate" value="false" />
 
+    <!-- telemetry configuration -->
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
+
     <property name="jdbcBatchProcessing" value="false"/>
 
     <property name="enforceHistoryTimeToLive" value="false" />
diff --git a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml
index 73e4fb68e09..ccc6e22764c 100644
--- a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml
+++ b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.auth.cfg.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     <property name="dbMetricsReporterActivate" value="false" />
 
     <property name="jdbcBatchProcessing" value="false"/>
+
+    <!-- telemetry configuration -->
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
   </bean>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
index e9a472fd19c..a097f3c916b 100644
--- a/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
+++ b/qa/test-db-rolling-update/test-old-engine/src/main/resources/camunda.cfg.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <!-- turn off metrics reporter -->
     <property name="dbMetricsReporterActivate" value="false" />
 
+        <!-- telemetry configuration -->
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
+
     <property name="jdbcBatchProcessing" value="false"/>
 
   </bean>
diff --git a/qa/test-old-engine/config/camunda.cfg.xml b/qa/test-old-engine/config/camunda.cfg.xml
index 2722987a53a..22bea8348e0 100644
--- a/qa/test-old-engine/config/camunda.cfg.xml
+++ b/qa/test-old-engine/config/camunda.cfg.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <!-- telemetry configuration -->
     <property name="telemetryEndpoint" value="http://localhost:8081/pings"/>
+    <property name="telemetryReporterActivate" value="false"/>
 
     <property name="enforceHistoryTimeToLive" value="false" />