diff --git a/gravitee-apim-rest-api/gravitee-apim-rest-api-model/src/main/java/io/gravitee/rest/api/model/v4/api/ApiEntity.java b/gravitee-apim-rest-api/gravitee-apim-rest-api-model/src/main/java/io/gravitee/rest/api/model/v4/api/ApiEntity.java
index 1b5198df42d..5911d74e186 100644
--- a/gravitee-apim-rest-api/gravitee-apim-rest-api-model/src/main/java/io/gravitee/rest/api/model/v4/api/ApiEntity.java
+++ b/gravitee-apim-rest-api/gravitee-apim-rest-api-model/src/main/java/io/gravitee/rest/api/model/v4/api/ApiEntity.java
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ public class ApiEntity implements GenericApiEntity {
     private Set<PlanEntity> plans = new HashSet<>();
 
     @Schema(description = "API's flow execution.")
+    @DeploymentRequired
     private FlowExecution flowExecution;
 
     @Schema(description = "A list of flows containing the policies configuration.")