diff --git a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php
index 6f422f6d4..8380be32d 100644
--- a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php
+++ b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public static function getList(): array {
   /**
    * @return array<mixed>
    */
-  public static function getDefaults(?string $cloudApplicationUuid = NULL, ?string $cloudKey = NULL, ?string $cloudSecret = NULL, ?string $projectAccessTokenName = NULL, ?string $projectAccessToken = NULL): array {
+  public static function getDefaults(?string $cloudApplicationUuid = NULL, ?string $cloudKey = NULL, ?string $cloudSecret = NULL, ?string $projectAccessTokenName = NULL, ?string $projectAccessToken = NULL, int $phpVersion): array {
     return [
       [
         'key' => 'ACQUIA_APPLICATION_UUID',
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ public static function getDefaults(?string $cloudApplicationUuid = NULL, ?string
         'value' => $projectAccessToken,
         'variable_type' => 'env_var',
       ],
+      [
+        'key' => 'PHP_VERSION',
+        'masked' => FALSE,
+        'protected' => FALSE,
+        'value' => $phpVersion,
+        'variable_type' => 'env_var',
+      ],
     ];
   }
 
diff --git a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php
index 4788d92cb..78dada7d1 100644
--- a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
     // But, we specifically need an API Token key-pair of Code Studio.
     // So we reauthenticate to be sure we're using the provided credentials.
     $this->reAuthenticate($cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $this->cloudCredentials->getBaseUri(), $this->cloudCredentials->getAccountsUri());
+
+    $phpVersions = [
+      'PHP_version_8.1' => 8.1,
+      'PHP_version_8.2' => 8.2,
+    ];
+    $project = $this->io->choice('Select a PHP version', array_values($phpVersions), $phpVersions['PHP_version_8.1']);
+    $project = array_search($project, $phpVersions, TRUE);
+    $phpVersion = $phpVersions[$project];
+
     $appUuid = $this->determineCloudApplication();
 
     // Get Cloud account.
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
     $projectAccessTokenName = 'acquia-codestudio';
     $projectAccessToken = $this->createProjectAccessToken($project, $projectAccessTokenName);
     $this->updateGitLabProject($project);
-    $this->setGitLabCiCdVariables($project, $appUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken);
+    $this->setGitLabCiCdVariables($project, $appUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken, $phpVersion);
     $this->createScheduledPipeline($project);
 
     $this->io->success([
@@ -161,9 +170,9 @@ private function createProjectAccessToken(array $project, string $projectAccessT
     return $projectAccessToken['token'];
   }
 
-  private function setGitLabCiCdVariables(array $project, string $cloudApplicationUuid, string $cloudKey, string $cloudSecret, string $projectAccessTokenName, string $projectAccessToken): void {
+  private function setGitLabCiCdVariables(array $project, string $cloudApplicationUuid, string $cloudKey, string $cloudSecret, string $projectAccessTokenName, string $projectAccessToken, int $phpVersion): void {
     $this->io->writeln("Setting GitLab CI/CD variables for {$project['path_with_namespace']}..");
-    $gitlabCicdVariables = CodeStudioCiCdVariables::getDefaults($cloudApplicationUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken);
+    $gitlabCicdVariables = CodeStudioCiCdVariables::getDefaults($cloudApplicationUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken, $phpVersion);
     $gitlabCicdExistingVariables = $this->gitLabClient->projects()
       ->variables($project['id']);
     $gitlabCicdExistingVariablesKeyed = [];