diff --git a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
index f37ee5e49..f3e8c4129 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
@@ -333,7 +333,11 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeEncrypted
     private function deploy_dockerimage_buildpack()
     {
         $this->dockerImage = $this->application->docker_registry_image_name;
-        $this->dockerImageTag = $this->application->docker_registry_image_tag;
+        if (str($this->application->docker_registry_image_tag)->isEmpty()) {
+            $this->dockerImageTag = 'latest';
+        } else {
+            $this->dockerImageTag = $this->application->docker_registry_image_tag;
+        }
         ray("echo 'Starting deployment of {$this->dockerImage}:{$this->dockerImageTag} to {$this->server->name}.'");
         $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry("Starting deployment of {$this->dockerImage}:{$this->dockerImageTag} to {$this->server->name}.");
         $this->generate_image_names();
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
index 732be62d0..37b650281 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ class General extends Component
             if (data_get($this->application, 'build_pack') === 'dockerimage') {
                 $this->validate([
                     'application.docker_registry_image_name' => 'required',
-                    'application.docker_registry_image_tag' => 'required',
                 ]);
             }
             if (data_get($this->application, 'fqdn')) {