diff --git a/scripts/ci.sh b/scripts/ci.sh
index 136a9a3d..5b085e7e 100755
--- a/scripts/ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ run_integration_tests () {
   echo "#        Integration testing               #"
   echo "#                                          #"
   echo "############################################"
-  ./sbtx ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION coverage it:test
+  ./sbtx ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION assembly coverage it:test
 }
 
 run_coverage_report () {
diff --git a/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest.scala b/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest.scala
index 731d4907..97ba664a 100644
--- a/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
 import org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer
 
 trait KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
-  val JAR_NAME_PATTERN = "cloud-storage-etl-udfs-"
-  val DOCKER_IP_ADDRESS = "172.17.0.1"
-  val TEST_STREAM_NAME = "Test_stream"
+  final val JAR_NAME_PATTERN = "cloud-storage-etl-udfs-"
+  final val DOCKER_IP_ADDRESS = "172.17.0.1"
+  final val TEST_STREAM_NAME = "Test_stream"
+  final val TEST_SCHEMA_NAME = "kinesis_schema"
 
   val exasolContainer = new ExasolContainer(
     ExasolContainerConstants.EXASOL_DOCKER_IMAGE_REFERENCE
@@ -25,9 +26,7 @@ trait KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll
   var statement: java.sql.Statement = _
   var kinesisClient: AmazonKinesis = _
 
-  def abstractBeforeAll(): Unit = {
-    kinesisLocalStack.start();
-    createKinesisStream()
+  private[kinesis] def setupExasol(): Unit = {
     exasolContainer.start();
     val assembledJarName = findAssembledJarName()
     uploadJarToBucket(assembledJarName)
@@ -36,10 +35,8 @@ trait KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll
       exasolContainer.getPassword
     )
     statement = connection.createStatement()
-    statement.execute("CREATE SCHEMA kinesis_schema")
-    statement.execute("OPEN SCHEMA kinesis_schema")
-    // We have to wait until stream is ready to be accessed.
-    Thread.sleep(30 * 1000)
+    statement.execute(s"CREATE SCHEMA $TEST_SCHEMA_NAME")
+    val _ = statement.execute(s"OPEN SCHEMA $TEST_SCHEMA_NAME")
   }
 
   private[this] def uploadJarToBucket(assembledJarName: String): Unit = {
@@ -47,7 +44,8 @@ trait KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll
     exasolContainer.getDefaultBucket.uploadFile(pathToRls, assembledJarName)
   }
 
-  private[this] def createKinesisStream(): Unit = {
+  private[kinesis] def createKinesisStream(shardsCounter: Integer): Unit = {
+    kinesisLocalStack.start();
     kinesisClient = AmazonKinesisClientBuilder.standard
       .withEndpointConfiguration(
         kinesisLocalStack.getEndpointConfiguration(LocalStackContainer.Service.KINESIS)
@@ -55,7 +53,9 @@ trait KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll
       .withCredentials(kinesisLocalStack.getDefaultCredentialsProvider)
       .build
     System.setProperty(AWS_CBOR_DISABLE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY, "true")
-    val _ = kinesisClient.createStream(TEST_STREAM_NAME, 3)
+    kinesisClient.createStream(TEST_STREAM_NAME, shardsCounter)
+    // We have to wait until stream is ready to be accessed.
+    Thread.sleep(50 * 1000)
   }
 
   def findAssembledJarName(): String = {
diff --git a/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisMetadataReaderIT.scala b/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisMetadataReaderIT.scala
index b64f37e6..22212876 100644
--- a/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisMetadataReaderIT.scala
+++ b/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisMetadataReaderIT.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer
 
 class KinesisMetadataReaderIT extends KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest {
   override final def beforeAll(): Unit = {
-    abstractBeforeAll()
+    createKinesisStream(3)
+    setupExasol()
     val assembledJarName = findAssembledJarName()
     val _ = statement.execute(
       s"""CREATE OR REPLACE JAVA SET SCRIPT KINESIS_METADATA (...)
diff --git a/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisShardDataImporterIT.scala b/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisShardDataImporterIT.scala
index 3c148d0f..0b31e690 100644
--- a/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisShardDataImporterIT.scala
+++ b/src/it/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kinesis/KinesisShardDataImporterIT.scala
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ package com.exasol.cloudetl.kinesis
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import java.sql.ResultSet
-import java.util
 
-import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.model.{PutRecordsRequest, PutRecordsRequestEntry}
+import com.exasol.cloudetl.kinesis.KinesisConstants._
+
 import org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer
 
 @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.wartremover.warts.NonUnitStatements"))
 class KinesisShardDataImporterIT extends KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest {
 
   override final def beforeAll(): Unit = {
-    abstractBeforeAll()
+    createKinesisStream(1)
+    setupExasol()
     putRecordsIntoStream()
     val columns =
       """sensorId DECIMAL(18,0),
@@ -36,27 +37,30 @@ class KinesisShardDataImporterIT extends KinesisAbstractIntegrationTest {
     )
   }
 
-  def putRecordsIntoStream(): Unit = {
-    val putRecordsRequest = new PutRecordsRequest
-    putRecordsRequest.setStreamName(TEST_STREAM_NAME)
-    val putRecordsRequestEntryList = new util.ArrayList[PutRecordsRequestEntry]
-    val putRecordsRequestEntry = new PutRecordsRequestEntry
-    putRecordsRequestEntry.setData(
-      ByteBuffer
-        .wrap("{\"sensorId\": 17,\"currentTemperature\": 147,\"status\": \"WARN\"}".getBytes)
-    )
-    putRecordsRequestEntry.setPartitionKey(String.format("partitionKey-1"))
-    putRecordsRequestEntryList.add(putRecordsRequestEntry)
-    putRecordsRequest.setRecords(putRecordsRequestEntryList)
-    val _ = kinesisClient.putRecords(putRecordsRequest)
+  private[this] def putRecordsIntoStream(): Unit = {
+    putRecordIntoStream("{\"sensorId\": 17,\"currentTemperature\": 147,\"status\": \"WARN\"}")
+    putRecordIntoStream("{\"sensorId\": 20,\"currentTemperature\": 15,\"status\": \"OK\"}")
+  }
+
+  private[this] def putRecordIntoStream(recordData: String): Unit = {
+    val data = ByteBuffer.wrap(recordData.getBytes())
+    val _ = kinesisClient.putRecord(TEST_STREAM_NAME, data, "partitionKey-1")
   }
 
   test("returns data from a shard") {
-    val resultSet = this.executeKinesisMetadataScript("VALUES (('shardId-000000000001', null))")
+    val resultSet = this.executeKinesisMetadataScript("VALUES (('shardId-000000000000', null))")
     assert(resultSet.next() === true)
     assert(resultSet.getInt("sensorId") === 17)
     assert(resultSet.getInt("currentTemperature") === 147)
     assert(resultSet.getString("status") === "WARN")
+    assert(resultSet.getString(KINESIS_SHARD_ID_COLUMN_NAME) === "shardId-000000000000")
+    assert(resultSet.getString(SHARD_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_COLUMN_NAME) !== null)
+    assert(resultSet.next() === true)
+    assert(resultSet.getInt("sensorId") === 20)
+    assert(resultSet.getInt("currentTemperature") === 15)
+    assert(resultSet.getString("status") === "OK")
+    assert(resultSet.getString(KINESIS_SHARD_ID_COLUMN_NAME) === "shardId-000000000000")
+    assert(resultSet.getString(SHARD_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_COLUMN_NAME) !== null)
     assert(resultSet.next() === false)
   }