diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/PublisherCommonUtils.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/PublisherCommonUtils.java
index 237fdf077414..6a881b795309 100755
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/PublisherCommonUtils.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/PublisherCommonUtils.java
@@ -1841,7 +1841,8 @@ public static APIProduct addAPIProductWithGeneratedSwaggerDefinition(APIProductD
             apiProductDTO.setApiKeyHeader(APIConstants.API_KEY_HEADER_DEFAULT);
         }
 
-        apiProductDTO.setIsDefaultVersion(false);
+        //isDefaultVersion is true for a new API Product.
+        apiProductDTO.setIsDefaultVersion(true);
 
         //Remove the /{version} from the context.
         if (context.endsWith("/" + RestApiConstants.API_VERSION_PARAM)) {