diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-rest-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/rest/client/TaskTemplate.java b/spring-cloud-dataflow-rest-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/rest/client/TaskTemplate.java
index 6630c80035..1a8ef02345 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-rest-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/rest/client/TaskTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-rest-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/rest/client/TaskTemplate.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.rest.resource.TaskExecutionsInfoResource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.rest.resource.about.AboutResource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.rest.util.DeploymentPropertiesUtils;
+import org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.schema.SchemaVersionTarget;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.RepresentationModel;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ public LaunchResponseResource launch(String name, Map<String, String> properties
 			if(id != null) {
 				LaunchResponseResource response = new LaunchResponseResource();
 				response.setExecutionId(id);
+				response.setSchemaTarget(SchemaVersionTarget.defaultTarget().getName());
 				return response;
 			} else {
 				throw new RuntimeException("Expected id");