diff --git a/R/client-cloud.R b/R/client-cloud.R
index be0afb60..31e25442 100644
--- a/R/client-cloud.R
+++ b/R/client-cloud.R
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ cloudClient <- function(service, authInfo) {
       GET(service, authInfo, path, query)
     },
 
-    createApplication = function(name, title, template, accountId, appMode) {
+    createApplication = function(name, title, template, accountId, appMode, contentCategory = NULL) {
       json <- list()
       json$name <- name
       json$application_type <- if (appMode %in% c("rmd-static", "quarto-static", "static")) "static" else "connect"
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ cloudClient <- function(service, authInfo) {
         json$space <- currentProject$space_id
       }
 
+      json$content_category <- contentCategory
+
       output <- POST_JSON(service, authInfo, "/outputs", json)
       path <- paste0("/applications/", output$source_id)
       application <- GET(service, authInfo, path)
@@ -224,9 +226,10 @@ cloudClient <- function(service, authInfo) {
       )
     },
 
-    createRevision = function(application) {
+    createRevision = function(application, contentCategory) {
         path <- paste0("/outputs/", application$id, "/revisions")
-        revision <- POST_JSON(service, authInfo, path, data.frame())
+        json <- list(content_category = contentCategory)
+        revision <- POST_JSON(service, authInfo, path, json)
         revision$application_id
     },
 
diff --git a/R/client-connect.R b/R/client-connect.R
index 98e1de43..a943d080 100644
--- a/R/client-connect.R
+++ b/R/client-connect.R
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ connectClient <- function(service, authInfo) {
       listApplicationsRequest(service, authInfo, path, query, "applications")
     },
 
-    createApplication = function(name, title, template, accountId, appMode) {
+    createApplication = function(name, title, template, accountId, appMode, contentCategory) {
       # add name; inject title if specified
       details <- list(name = name)
       if (!is.null(title) && nzchar(title))
diff --git a/R/client-shinyapps.R b/R/client-shinyapps.R
index 15349037..44283f51 100644
--- a/R/client-shinyapps.R
+++ b/R/client-shinyapps.R
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ shinyAppsClient <- function(service, authInfo) {
       GET(service, authInfo, path, query)
     },
 
-    createApplication = function(name, title, template, accountId, appMode) {
+    createApplication = function(name, title, template, accountId, appMode, contentCategory) {
       json <- list()
       json$name <- name
       # the title field is only used on connect
diff --git a/R/deployApp.R b/R/deployApp.R
index b8ad2517..e4715883 100644
--- a/R/deployApp.R
+++ b/R/deployApp.R
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ deployApp <- function(appDir = getwd(),
       target$appTitle,
       "shiny",
       accountDetails$accountId,
-      appMetadata$appMode
+      appMetadata$appMode,
+      contentCategory
     )
     taskComplete(quiet, "Created application with id {.val {application$id}}")
   } else {
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ deployApp <- function(appDir = getwd(),
         taskComplete(quiet, "Found application {.url {application$url}}")
 
         if (identical(application$type, "static")) {
-          application$application_id <- client$createRevision(application)
+          application$application_id <- client$createRevision(application, contentCategory)
         }
 
         application
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-client-cloud.R b/tests/testthat/test-client-cloud.R
index 2ccb96d2..4585839e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-client-cloud.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-client-cloud.R
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ test_that("Create static application", {
       content = function(methodAndPath, match, contentFile, ...) {
         content <- jsonlite::fromJSON(readChar(contentFile, file.info(contentFile)$size))
         expect_equal(content$application_type, "static")
+        expect_equal(content$content_category, "document")
         list(
           "id" = 1,
           "source_id" = 2,
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ test_that("Create static application", {
   )
   client <- cloudClient(fakeService, NULL)
 
-  app <- client$createApplication("test app", "unused?", "unused?", "unused?", "static")
+  app <- client$createApplication("test app", "unused?", "unused?", "unused?", "static", "document")
 
   expect_equal(app$id, 1)
   expect_equal(app$application_id, 2)
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ test_that("Create static server-side-rendered application", {
         content <- jsonlite::fromJSON(readChar(contentFile, file.info(contentFile)$size))
         expect_equal(content$application_type, "static")
         expect_equal(content$render_by, "server")
+        expect_equal(content$content_category, "document")
         list(
           "id" = 1,
           "source_id" = 2,
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ test_that("Create static server-side-rendered application", {
   )
   client <- cloudClient(fakeService, NULL)
 
-  app <- client$createApplication("test app", "unused?", "unused?", "unused?", "quarto-static")
+  app <- client$createApplication("test app", "unused?", "unused?", "unused?", "quarto-static", "document")
 
   expect_equal(app$id, 1)
   expect_equal(app$application_id, 2)
@@ -452,6 +454,7 @@ test_that("Create static RMD application", {
         content <- jsonlite::fromJSON(readChar(contentFile, file.info(contentFile)$size))
         expect_equal(content$application_type, "static")
         expect_equal(content$render_by, "server")
+        expect_equal(content$content_category, "document")
         list(
           "id" = 1,
           "source_id" = 2,
@@ -482,7 +485,7 @@ test_that("Create static RMD application", {
   )
   client <- cloudClient(fakeService, NULL)
 
-  app <- client$createApplication("test app", "unused?", "unused?", "1", "rmd-static")
+  app <- client$createApplication("test app", "unused?", "unused?", "1", "rmd-static", "document")
 
   expect_equal(app$id, 1)
   expect_equal(app$application_id, 2)