diff --git a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php
index 3b91e40f0..4d9102cc9 100644
--- a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php
+++ b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariables.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public static function getList(): array
     /**
      * @return array<mixed>
      */
-    public static function getDefaultsForNode(?string $cloudApplicationUuid = null, ?string $cloudKey = null, ?string $cloudSecret = null, ?string $projectAccessTokenName = null, ?string $projectAccessToken = null, ?string $nodeVersion = null): array
+    public static function getDefaultsForNode(?string $cloudApplicationUuid = null, ?string $cloudKey = null, ?string $cloudSecret = null, ?string $projectAccessTokenName = null, ?string $projectAccessToken = null, ?string $nodeVersion = null, ?string $nodeHosting = null): array
     {
         return [
             [
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ public static function getDefaultsForNode(?string $cloudApplicationUuid = null,
                 'value' => $nodeVersion,
                 'variable_type' => 'env_var',
             ],
+            [
+                'key' => 'NODE_HOSTING_TYPE',
+                'masked' => false,
+                'protected' => false,
+                'value' => $nodeHosting,
+                'variable_type' => 'env_var',
+            ],
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php
index 192781621..2016905e4 100644
--- a/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/CodeStudio/CodeStudioWizardCommand.php
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $nodeVersion = null;
         $projectType = $this->getListOfProjectType();
         $projectSelected = $this->io->choice('Select a project type', $projectType, "Drupal_project");
+        $nodeHosting = "basic";
 
         switch ($projectSelected) {
             case "Drupal_project":
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
                 ];
                 $client = $this->getGitLabClient();
                 $client->projects()->update($project['id'], $parameters);
-                $this->setGitLabCiCdVariablesForNodeProject($project, $appUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken, $nodeVersion);
+                $this->setGitLabCiCdVariablesForNodeProject($project, $appUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken, $nodeVersion, $nodeHosting);
                 break;
         }
 
@@ -241,10 +242,10 @@ private function setGitLabCiCdVariablesForPhpProject(array $project, string $clo
         }
     }
 
-    private function setGitLabCiCdVariablesForNodeProject(array $project, string $cloudApplicationUuid, string $cloudKey, string $cloudSecret, string $projectAccessTokenName, string $projectAccessToken, string $nodeVersion): void
+    private function setGitLabCiCdVariablesForNodeProject(array $project, string $cloudApplicationUuid, string $cloudKey, string $cloudSecret, string $projectAccessTokenName, string $projectAccessToken, string $nodeVersion, string $nodeHosting): void
     {
         $this->io->writeln("Setting GitLab CI/CD variables for {$project['path_with_namespace']}..");
-        $gitlabCicdVariables = CodeStudioCiCdVariables::getDefaultsForNode($cloudApplicationUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken, $nodeVersion);
+        $gitlabCicdVariables = CodeStudioCiCdVariables::getDefaultsForNode($cloudApplicationUuid, $cloudKey, $cloudSecret, $projectAccessTokenName, $projectAccessToken, $nodeVersion, $nodeHosting);
         $gitlabCicdExistingVariables = $this->gitLabClient->projects()
             ->variables($project['id']);
         $gitlabCicdExistingVariablesKeyed = [];
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/src/Commands/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariablesTest.php b/tests/phpunit/src/Commands/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariablesTest.php
index 917bdc4f2..19757d173 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/src/Commands/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariablesTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/src/Commands/CodeStudio/CodeStudioCiCdVariablesTest.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public function testGetDefaultsForNode(): void
     protected function testBooleanValues(array $variables): void
     {
         foreach ($variables as $variable) {
-            if ($variable['key'] !== "PHP_VERSION" && $variable['key'] !== "NODE_VERSION") {
+            if ($variable['key'] !== "PHP_VERSION" && $variable['key'] !== "NODE_VERSION" && $variable['key'] !== "NODE_HOSTING_TYPE") {
                 $maskedValue = $variable['masked'];
                 $this->assertEquals(true, $maskedValue);
             } else {