diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/migrations/JsonSchemaVersionsFallback.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/migrations/JsonSchemaVersionsFallback.java
index c85b95bed5de..14a273555034 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/migrations/JsonSchemaVersionsFallback.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/migrations/JsonSchemaVersionsFallback.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @Component
 public class JsonSchemaVersionsFallback {
     private static final Integer serverVersion = 11;
-    public static final Integer clientVersion = 1;
+    public static final Integer clientVersion = 2;
 
     public Integer getServerVersion() {
         return serverVersion;
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/imports/internal/ImportServiceTests.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/imports/internal/ImportServiceTests.java
index 38337a84be5a..90b21f24ada6 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/imports/internal/ImportServiceTests.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/imports/internal/ImportServiceTests.java
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ public void setup() {
         testApplication.setLastDeployedAt(Instant.now());
         testApplication.setModifiedBy("some-user");
         testApplication.setGitApplicationMetadata(new GitArtifactMetadata());
+        testApplication.setClientSchemaVersion(jsonSchemaVersions.getClientVersion());
 
         Application.ThemeSetting themeSettings = getThemeSetting();
         testApplication.setUnpublishedApplicationDetail(new ApplicationDetail());
@@ -2731,7 +2732,7 @@ public void applySchemaMigration_jsonFileWithFirstVersion_migratedToLatestVersio
                     ApplicationJson latestApplicationJson = tuple.getT2();
 
                     assertThat(v1ApplicationJson.getServerSchemaVersion()).isEqualTo(1);
-                    assertThat(v1ApplicationJson.getClientSchemaVersion()).isEqualTo(1);
+                    assertThat(v1ApplicationJson.getClientSchemaVersion()).isEqualTo(2);
 
                     assertThat(latestApplicationJson.getServerSchemaVersion())
                             .isEqualTo(jsonSchemaVersions.getServerVersion());
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/com/appsmith/server/migrations/application.json b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/com/appsmith/server/migrations/application.json
index def16682e2bc..c7e9785ecd98 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/com/appsmith/server/migrations/application.json
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/com/appsmith/server/migrations/application.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "artifactJsonType": "APPLICATION",
-  "clientSchemaVersion": 1.0,
+  "clientSchemaVersion": 2.0,
   "serverSchemaVersion": 7.0,
   "exportedApplication": {
     "name": "json-schema-migration",
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/test_assets/ImportExportServiceTest/file-with-v1.json b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/test_assets/ImportExportServiceTest/file-with-v1.json
index c9b595ecacee..21b237c8143d 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/test_assets/ImportExportServiceTest/file-with-v1.json
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/resources/test_assets/ImportExportServiceTest/file-with-v1.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "serverSchemaVersion": 1,
-  "clientSchemaVersion": 1
+  "clientSchemaVersion": 2
 }