diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerService.java b/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerService.java
index 6fb9058d17..7c97444f20 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerService.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2018-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2018-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public void schedule(
 				deployerDeploymentProperties,
 				commandLineArgs,
 				scheduleName,
-				getTaskResource(taskDefinitionName));
+				getTaskResource(taskDefinitionName, version));
 
 		launcher.getScheduler().schedule(scheduleRequest);
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ private static Map<String, String> extractAndQualifySchedulerProperties(Map<Stri
 						(fromWildcard, fromApp) -> fromApp));
 	}
 
-	protected Resource getTaskResource(String taskDefinitionName) {
+	protected Resource getTaskResource(String taskDefinitionName, String version) {
 		TaskDefinition taskDefinition = this.taskDefinitionRepository.findById(taskDefinitionName)
 				.orElseThrow(() -> new NoSuchTaskDefinitionException(taskDefinitionName));
 		AppRegistration appRegistration = null;
@@ -541,8 +541,14 @@ protected Resource getTaskResource(String taskDefinitionName) {
 			}
 			appRegistration = new AppRegistration(ComposedTaskRunnerConfigurationProperties.COMPOSED_TASK_RUNNER_NAME, ApplicationType.task, composedTaskUri);
 		} else {
-			appRegistration = this.registry.find(taskDefinition.getRegisteredAppName(),
+			if(version != null) {
+				appRegistration = this.registry.find(taskDefinition.getRegisteredAppName(),
+					ApplicationType.task, version);
+			}
+			else {
+				appRegistration = this.registry.find(taskDefinition.getRegisteredAppName(),
 					ApplicationType.task);
+			}
 		}
 		Assert.notNull(appRegistration, "Unknown task app: " + taskDefinition.getRegisteredAppName());
 		return this.registry.getAppResource(appRegistration);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerServiceMultiplatformTests.java b/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerServiceMultiplatformTests.java
index dbb442701b..a4ed6e5a81 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerServiceMultiplatformTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/server/service/impl/DefaultSchedulerServiceMultiplatformTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2020-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2020-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.server.service.impl;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -155,17 +157,12 @@ public class DefaultSchedulerServiceMultiplatformTests {
 
 	@Before
 	public void setup() throws Exception {
-		this.appRegistry.save("demo",
-				ApplicationType.task,
-				"1.0.0.",
-				new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/foo-task"),
-				new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/foo-task"));
-		this.appRegistry.save("demo2",
-				ApplicationType.task,
-				"1.0.0",
-				new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/foo-task"),
-				new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/foo-task"));
-
+		when(this.appRegistry.find(
+			eq("demo"), eq(ApplicationType.task), eq("1.0.0"))).thenReturn(new AppRegistration("demo",
+			ApplicationType.task, new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/foo-task")));
+		when(this.appRegistry.find(
+			eq("demo2"), eq(ApplicationType.task), eq("1.0.0"))).thenReturn(new AppRegistration("demo2",
+			ApplicationType.task, new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/foo-task")));
 		taskDefinitionRepository.save(new TaskDefinition(BASE_DEFINITION_NAME, "demo"));
 		taskDefinitionRepository.save(new TaskDefinition(CTR_DEFINITION_NAME, "demo && demo2"));
 		initializeSuccessfulRegistry();
@@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
 		this.testProperties = new HashMap<>();
 		this.testProperties.put(DATA_FLOW_SCHEDULER_PREFIX + "AAAA", "* * * * *");
 		this.testProperties.put(DATA_FLOW_SCHEDULER_PREFIX + "EXPRESSION", "* * * * *");
-		this.testProperties.put("version." + BASE_DEFINITION_NAME, "boot2");
+		this.testProperties.put("version." + BASE_DEFINITION_NAME, "1.0.0");
 		this.resolvedProperties = new HashMap<>();
 		this.resolvedProperties.put(DEPLOYER_PREFIX + "AAAA", "* * * * *");
 		this.resolvedProperties.put(DEPLOYER_PREFIX + "EXPRESSION", "* * * * *");
@@ -191,6 +188,13 @@ public void testSchedule() {
 		verifyScheduleExistsInScheduler(createScheduleInfo(BASE_SCHEDULE_NAME));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testScheduleWithNoVersion() {
+		this.testProperties.remove("version." + BASE_DEFINITION_NAME);
+		schedulerService.schedule(BASE_SCHEDULE_NAME, BASE_DEFINITION_NAME, this.testProperties, this.commandLineArgs, KUBERNETES_PLATFORM);
+		verifyScheduleExistsInScheduler(createScheduleInfo(BASE_SCHEDULE_NAME));
+	}
+
 	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testScheduleWithLongNameOnKuberenetesPlatform() {
 		getMockedKubernetesSchedulerService().schedule(BASE_SCHEDULE_NAME +
@@ -397,15 +401,19 @@ public void testScheduleWithCommandLineArguments() throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testScheduleWithoutCommandLineArguments() {
+	public void testScheduleWithoutCommandLineArguments() throws URISyntaxException {
 		List<String> args = getCommandLineArguments(new ArrayList<>());
 		assertThatCommandLineArgsHaveNonDefaultArgs(args, "--app.timestamp", new String[0]);
 	}
 
-	private List<String> getCommandLineArguments(List<String> commandLineArguments) {
+	private List<String> getCommandLineArguments(List<String> commandLineArguments) throws URISyntaxException {
 		Scheduler mockScheduler = mock(SimpleTestScheduler.class);
 		TaskDefinitionRepository mockTaskDefinitionRepository = mock(TaskDefinitionRepository.class);
 		AppRegistryService mockAppRegistryService = mock(AppRegistryService.class);
+		when(mockAppRegistryService.find(
+			eq("timestamp"), eq(ApplicationType.task), eq("1.0.0"))).
+			thenReturn(new AppRegistration("timestamp", ApplicationType.task,
+				new URI("file:src/test/resources/apps/timestamp-task")));
 
 
 		Launcher launcher = new Launcher("default", "defaultType", null, mockScheduler);