diff --git a/rsconnect/metadata.py b/rsconnect/metadata.py
index 450e8d95..e9d867ad 100644
--- a/rsconnect/metadata.py
+++ b/rsconnect/metadata.py
@@ -403,12 +403,13 @@ class AppStore(DataStore):
     hash is derived from the entry point file name.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, app_file):
+    def __init__(self, app_file, appstore_version=1):
         base_name = str(basename(app_file).rsplit(".", 1)[0]) + ".json"
         super(AppStore, self).__init__(
             join(dirname(app_file), "rsconnect-python", base_name),
             join(config_dirname(), "applications", sha1(abspath(app_file)) + ".json"),
         )
+        self.appstore_version = appstore_version
 
     def get(self, server_url):
         """
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ def set(self, server_url, filename, app_url, app_id, app_guid, title, app_mode):
                 app_guid=app_guid,
                 title=title,
                 app_mode=app_mode.name() if isinstance(app_mode, AppMode) else app_mode,
+                appstore_version=self.appstore_version,
             ),
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_metadata.py b/tests/test_metadata.py
index 651d20cf..935d4bb2 100644
--- a/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def test_get(self):
                 title="Important Title",
                 app_mode="static",
                 filename="/path/to/file",
+                appstore_version=1,
             ),
         )
 
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ def test_get(self):
                 title="Untitled",
                 app_mode="jupyter-static",
                 filename="/path/to/file",
+                appstore_version=1,
             ),
         )