diff --git a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/review-workflows/review-workflows.js b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/review-workflows/review-workflows.js
index 3f513aad8d..f3908882de 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/review-workflows/review-workflows.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/services/review-workflows/review-workflows.js
@@ -106,21 +106,45 @@ function enableReviewWorkflow({ strapi }) {
       const { joinTable } = strapi.db.metadata.get(target).attributes[morphBy];
       const { idColumn, typeColumn } = joinTable.morphColumn;
 
-      // Execute a raw SQL query to insert records into the join table mapping the specified content type with the first stage of the default workflow.
+      const connection = strapi.db.getConnection();
+
+      // Execute an SQL query to insert records into the join table mapping the specified content type with the first stage of the default workflow.
       // Only entities that do not have a record in the join table yet are selected.
-      await strapi.db.connection
-        .raw(`INSERT INTO ${joinTable.name} (${idColumn.name}, field, "order", ${joinTable.joinColumn.name}, ${typeColumn.name})
-                SELECT
-                    entity.id as ${idColumn.name},
-                    '${ENTITY_STAGE_ATTRIBUTE}' as field,
-                    1 as "order",
-                    ${firstStage.id} as ${joinTable.joinColumn.name},
-                    '${contentTypeUID}' as ${typeColumn.name}
-                FROM ${contentTypeMetadata.tableName} entity
-                LEFT JOIN ${joinTable.name} jointable
-                ON  entity.id = jointable.${idColumn.name}
-                AND jointable.${typeColumn.name} = '${contentTypeUID}'
-                WHERE jointable.${idColumn.name} IS NULL`);
+      const selectStatement = connection
+        .select({
+          [idColumn.name]: 'entity.id',
+          field: connection.raw('?', [ENTITY_STAGE_ATTRIBUTE]),
+          order: 1,
+          [joinTable.joinColumn.name]: firstStage.id,
+          [typeColumn.name]: connection.raw('?', [contentTypeUID]),
+        })
+        .leftJoin(`${joinTable.name} AS jointable`, function () {
+          this.on('entity.id', '=', `jointable.${idColumn.name}`).andOn(
+            `jointable.${typeColumn.name}`,
+            '=',
+            connection.raw('?', [contentTypeUID])
+          );
+        })
+        .where(`jointable.${idColumn.name}`, null)
+        .from(`${contentTypeMetadata.tableName} AS entity`)
+        .toSQL();
+
+      const columnsToInsert = [
+        idColumn.name,
+        'field',
+        connection.raw('??', ['order']),
+        joinTable.joinColumn.name,
+        typeColumn.name,
+      ];
+
+      // Insert rows for all entries of the content type that do not have a
+      // default stage
+      await connection(joinTable.name).insert(
+        connection.raw(
+          `(${columnsToInsert.join(',')})  ${selectStatement.sql}`,
+          selectStatement.bindings
+        )
+      );
     };
 
     return pipe([
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/tests/review-workflows.test.api.js b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/tests/review-workflows.test.api.js
index e6dded7979..0bca5d5524 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/ee/server/tests/review-workflows.test.api.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/ee/server/tests/review-workflows.test.api.js
@@ -2,12 +2,31 @@
 
 const { createStrapiInstance } = require('../../../../../../test/helpers/strapi');
 const { createAuthRequest, createRequest } = require('../../../../../../test/helpers/request');
+const { createTestBuilder } = require('../../../../../../test/helpers/builder');
+
 const { describeOnCondition } = require('../utils/test');
 const { STAGE_MODEL_UID, WORKFLOW_MODEL_UID } = require('../constants/workflows');
 
 const edition = process.env.STRAPI_DISABLE_EE === 'true' ? 'CE' : 'EE';
 
+const productUID = 'api::product.product';
+const model = {
+  draftAndPublish: true,
+  pluginOptions: {},
+  singularName: 'product',
+  pluralName: 'products',
+  displayName: 'Product',
+  kind: 'collectionType',
+  attributes: {
+    name: {
+      type: 'string',
+    },
+  },
+};
+
 describeOnCondition(edition === 'EE')('Review workflows', () => {
+  const builder = createTestBuilder();
+
   const requests = {
     public: null,
     admin: null,
@@ -18,11 +37,37 @@ describeOnCondition(edition === 'EE')('Review workflows', () => {
   let secondStage;
   let testWorkflow;
 
-  beforeAll(async () => {
+  const createEntry = async (uid, data) => {
+    const { body } = await requests.admin({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: `/content-manager/collection-types/${uid}`,
+      body: data,
+    });
+    return body;
+  };
+
+  const updateContentType = async (uid, data) => {
+    const result = await requests.admin({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: `/content-type-builder/content-types/${uid}`,
+      body: data,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.statusCode).toBe(201);
+  };
+
+  const restart = async () => {
+    await strapi.destroy();
     strapi = await createStrapiInstance();
+    requests.admin = await createAuthRequest({ strapi });
+  };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await builder.addContentTypes([model]).build();
     // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-extraneous-require
     hasRW = require('@strapi/strapi/lib/utils/ee').features.isEnabled('review-workflows');
 
+    strapi = await createStrapiInstance();
     requests.public = createRequest({ strapi });
     requests.admin = await createAuthRequest({ strapi });
 
@@ -42,6 +87,7 @@ describeOnCondition(edition === 'EE')('Review workflows', () => {
 
   afterAll(async () => {
     await strapi.destroy();
+    await builder.cleanup();
   });
 
   describe('Get workflows', () => {
@@ -269,4 +315,39 @@ describeOnCondition(edition === 'EE')('Review workflows', () => {
       }
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Enable review workflows on a content type', () => {
+    test('when enabled on a content type, entries of this type should be added to the first stage of the workflow', async () => {
+      await createEntry(productUID, { name: 'Product' });
+      await createEntry(productUID, { name: 'Product 1' });
+      await createEntry(productUID, { name: 'Product 2' });
+
+      await updateContentType(productUID, {
+        components: [],
+        contentType: { ...model, reviewWorkflows: true },
+      });
+
+      await restart();
+
+      const res = await requests.admin({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/content-type-builder/content-types/api::product.product`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.body.data.schema.reviewWorkflows).toBeTruthy();
+
+      const connection = strapi.db.getConnection();
+      const RWMorphTableResults = await connection
+        .select('*')
+        .from('strapi_workflows_stages_related_morphs')
+        .where('related_type', productUID);
+
+      expect(RWMorphTableResults.length).toEqual(3);
+      for (let i = 0; i < RWMorphTableResults.length; i += 1) {
+        const entry = RWMorphTableResults[i];
+        expect(entry.related_id).toEqual(i + 1);
+        expect(entry.order).toEqual(1);
+      }
+    });
+  });
 });