diff --git a/app/catalog-tab/launch/route.js b/app/catalog-tab/launch/route.js
index b6a51637f..db3ebd609 100644
--- a/app/catalog-tab/launch/route.js
+++ b/app/catalog-tab/launch/route.js
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ export default Route.extend({
         def = get(app, 'externalIdInfo.version');
       }
 
+      if ( !links[def] ) {
+        def = get(results, 'tpl.latestVersion');
+      }
+
       catalogTemplateUrl = links[def];
 
       var version = get(this, 'settings.rancherVersion');
diff --git a/app/models/template.js b/app/models/template.js
index f417dbdf4..86a6537bc 100644
--- a/app/models/template.js
+++ b/app/models/template.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import Resource from '@rancher/ember-api-store/models/resource';
 import C from 'ui/utils/constants';
 import { reference } from '@rancher/ember-api-store/utils/denormalize';
+import { compare as compareVersion } from 'ui/utils/parse-version';
 
 const Template = Resource.extend({
   scope:    service(),
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@ const Template = Resource.extend({
   clusterCatalog: reference('clusterCatalogId', 'clusterCatalog', 'store'),
   projectCatalog: reference('projectCatalogId'),
 
+  latestVersion:  computed('versionLinks', function() {
+    const  links = get(this, 'versionLinks');
+
+    return get(Object.keys(links || {}).sort((a, b) => compareVersion(a, b)), 'lastObject');
+  }),
+
   isGlobalCatalog:  computed('clusterCatalog', 'projectCatalog', function() {
     if (!this.clusterCatalog && !this.projectCatalog) {
       return true;
diff --git a/lib/global-admin/addon/components/new-multi-cluster-app/component.js b/lib/global-admin/addon/components/new-multi-cluster-app/component.js
index 294a18c10..8e87cba15 100644
--- a/lib/global-admin/addon/components/new-multi-cluster-app/component.js
+++ b/lib/global-admin/addon/components/new-multi-cluster-app/component.js
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ export default Component.extend(NewOrEdit, CatalogApp, {
 
   initSelectedTemplateModel() {
     let def     = get(this, 'templateResource.defaultVersion');
+    const latest = get(this, 'templateResource.latestVersion');
+
     const links = get(this, 'versionLinks');
     const app   = get(this, 'primaryResource');
 
@@ -733,11 +735,7 @@ export default Component.extend(NewOrEdit, CatalogApp, {
       def = get(app, 'externalIdInfo.version');
     }
 
-    if (links[def]) {
-      set(this, 'selectedTemplateUrl', links[def]);
-    } else {
-      set(this, 'selectedTemplateUrl', null);
-    }
+    set(this, 'selectedTemplateUrl', links[def] || links[latest] || null)
 
     return;
   },