diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_data/deploy_call.rs b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_data/deploy_call.rs
index a742901736..74b40d3828 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_data/deploy_call.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_data/deploy_call.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ where
     fn default() -> DeployCall<Env, ()> {
         DeployCall {
             code_source: (),
-            code_metadata: CodeMetadata::DEFAULT,
+            code_metadata: CodeMetadata::UPGRADEABLE,
             arg_buffer: ManagedArgBuffer::new(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/framework/scenario/src/scenario/tx_to_step/tx_to_step_deploy.rs b/framework/scenario/src/scenario/tx_to_step/tx_to_step_deploy.rs
index 1c7532e27a..75e4555152 100644
--- a/framework/scenario/src/scenario/tx_to_step/tx_to_step_deploy.rs
+++ b/framework/scenario/src/scenario/tx_to_step/tx_to_step_deploy.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ where
     let mut step = ScDeployStep::new()
         .from(address_annotated(env, &from))
         .code(code_annotated(env, data.code_source));
+    step.tx.code_metadata = data.code_metadata;
     for arg in data.arg_buffer.iter_buffers() {
         step.tx.arguments.push(arg.to_vec().into());
     }