diff --git a/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/model/xml/test/AbstractModelElementInstanceTest.java b/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/model/xml/test/AbstractModelElementInstanceTest.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/model/xml/test/AbstractModelElementInstanceTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/model/xml/test/AbstractModelElementInstanceTest.java
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractModelElementInstanceTest {
     modelInstance = modelElementTypeRule.getModelInstance();
     model = modelElementTypeRule.getModel();
     modelElementType = modelElementTypeRule.getModelElementType();
+    assertThat(modelInstance).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(model).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(modelElementType).isNotNull();
   }
 
   public abstract String getDefaultNamespace();
chore(test): ensure model element instance test was correctly setup