diff --git a/keep/api/models/alert.py b/keep/api/models/alert.py
index 7fc180a83..ef4b266e8 100644
--- a/keep/api/models/alert.py
+++ b/keep/api/models/alert.py
@@ -449,7 +449,10 @@ class IncidentDto(IncidentDtoIn):
     incident_type: str | None
     incident_application: str | None
 
-    resolve_on: str = ResolveOn.ALL.value
+    resolve_on: str = Field(
+        default=ResolveOn.ALL.value,
+        description="Resolution strategy for the incident",
+    )
 
     _tenant_id: str = PrivateAttr()
     _alerts: Optional[List[AlertDto]] = PrivateAttr(default=None)
@@ -514,6 +517,10 @@ def from_db_incident(cls, db_incident: "Incident"):
             else db_incident.severity
         )
 
+        # some default value for resolve_on
+        if not db_incident.resolve_on:
+            db_incident.resolve_on = ResolveOn.ALL.value
+
         dto = cls(
             id=db_incident.id,
             user_generated_name=db_incident.user_generated_name,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15b98380e..537234775 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "keep"
-version = "0.34.4"
+version = "0.34.5"
 description = "Alerting. for developers, by developers."
 authors = ["Keep Alerting LTD"]
 packages = [{include = "keep"}]