diff --git a/ccx_messaging/publishers/rule_processing_publisher.py b/ccx_messaging/publishers/rule_processing_publisher.py
index 9fd81119..5a2fcc36 100644
--- a/ccx_messaging/publishers/rule_processing_publisher.py
+++ b/ccx_messaging/publishers/rule_processing_publisher.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class RuleProcessingPublisher(KafkaPublisher):
     def __init__(self, outgoing_topic, kafka_broker_config=None, **kwargs):
         """Construct a new `RuleProcessingPublisher` given `kwargs` from the config YAML."""
         super().__init__(outgoing_topic, kafka_broker_config, **kwargs)
-        self.outdata_schema_version = 2
 
     def validate_timestamp_rfc3339(self, timestamp):
         """Check if the timestamp matches RFC3339 format."""
@@ -107,13 +106,14 @@ def publish(self, input_msg, report):
 
         try:
             msg_timestamp = input_msg["timestamp"]
+            msg_version = report.pop("version", 1)
             output_msg = {
                 "OrgID": org_id,
                 "AccountNumber": account_number,
                 "ClusterName": input_msg["cluster_name"],
                 "Report": report,
                 "LastChecked": msg_timestamp,
-                "Version": self.outdata_schema_version,
+                "Version": msg_version,
                 "RequestId": input_msg.get("request_id"),
                 "Metadata": {"gathering_time": self.get_gathering_time(input_msg)},
             }
diff --git a/test/publishers/rule_processing_publisher_test.py b/test/publishers/rule_processing_publisher_test.py
index 69b0a23d..fbd791e1 100644
--- a/test/publishers/rule_processing_publisher_test.py
+++ b/test/publishers/rule_processing_publisher_test.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
         },
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
         },
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
         },
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
         },
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2023-08-14T09:31:46Z"},
         },
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2023-08-14T09:31:46Z"},
         },
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
         },
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def test_publish_bad_argument(wrong_input_msg):
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
             "Report": {"reports": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
-            "Version": 2,
+            "Version": 1,
             "RequestId": "a request id",
             "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
         },
@@ -402,7 +402,23 @@ def test_error(input, output):
             "OrgID": 10,
             "AccountNumber": 1,
             "ClusterName": "uuid",
-            "Report": {"version": 1, "reports": [], "pass": [], "info": []},
+            "Report": {"reports": [], "pass": [], "info": []},
+            "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
+            "Version": 1,
+            "RequestId": "a request id",
+            "Metadata": {"gathering_time": "2012-01-14T00:00:00Z"},
+        },
+        id="valid_report",
+    ),
+    pytest.param(
+        json.dumps(
+            {"version": 2, "reports": [], "pass": [], "info": [], "workload_recommendations": []}
+        ),
+        {
+            "OrgID": 10,
+            "AccountNumber": 1,
+            "ClusterName": "uuid",
+            "Report": {"reports": [], "pass": [], "info": []},
             "LastChecked": "a timestamp",
             "Version": 2,
             "RequestId": "a request id",