diff --git a/core/goflow/flows.go b/core/goflow/flows.go
index f8908489b..3082a8524 100644
--- a/core/goflow/flows.go
+++ b/core/goflow/flows.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func CloneDefinition(data []byte, depMapping map[uuids.UUID]uuids.UUID) ([]byte,
 
 // MigrateDefinition migrates the given flow definition to the specified version
 func MigrateDefinition(cfg *runtime.Config, data []byte, toVersion *semver.Version) ([]byte, error) {
+	// if requested version only differs by patch from current version, use current version
+	if toVersion == nil || (toVersion.LessThan(definition.CurrentSpecVersion) && toVersion.Major() == definition.CurrentSpecVersion.Major() && toVersion.Minor() == definition.CurrentSpecVersion.Minor()) {
+		toVersion = definition.CurrentSpecVersion
+	}
+
 	f, err := migrations.MigrateToVersion(data, toVersion, MigrationConfig(cfg))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, &FlowDefError{cause: err}
diff --git a/core/goflow/flows_test.go b/core/goflow/flows_test.go
index f9c965645..e3c33132b 100644
--- a/core/goflow/flows_test.go
+++ b/core/goflow/flows_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestMigrateDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 	v13_3_0 := testsuite.ReadFile("testdata/migrate/13.3.0.json")
 	v13_4_0 := testsuite.ReadFile("testdata/migrate/13.4.0.json")
 	v13_5_0 := testsuite.ReadFile("testdata/migrate/13.5.0.json")
-	v13_6_0 := testsuite.ReadFile("testdata/migrate/13.6.0.json")
+	//v13_6_0 := testsuite.ReadFile("testdata/migrate/13.6.0.json")
 	v13_6_1 := testsuite.ReadFile("testdata/migrate/13.6.1.json")
 
 	// 13.0 > 13.1
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestMigrateDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 	// 13.5 > 13.6
 	migrated, err = goflow.MigrateDefinition(rt.Config, migrated, semver.MustParse("13.6.0"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	test.AssertEqualJSON(t, v13_6_0, migrated)
+	test.AssertEqualJSON(t, v13_6_1, migrated) // because we bump to the latest patch version
 
 	// 13.6 > 13.6.1
 	migrated, err = goflow.MigrateDefinition(rt.Config, migrated, semver.MustParse("13.6.1"))