diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
index af42a6dd..3caebc14 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ module Api
           submitters: [[:send_email, :send_sms, :completed_redirect_url, :uuid, :name, :email, :role,
                         :completed, :phone, :application_key, :external_id, :reply_to, :go_to_last,
                         { metadata: {}, values: {}, readonly_fields: [], message: %i[subject body],
-                          fields: [:name, :uuid, :default_value, :title, :description,
+                          fields: [:name, :uuid, :default_value, :value, :title, :description,
                                    :readonly, :redacted, :validation_pattern, :invalid_message,
-                                   { default_value: [] }] }]]
+                                   { default_value: [], value: [] }] }]]
         }
       ]
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb
index 1f9be7f1..beb91a96 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ module Api
         :send_email, :send_sms, :reply_to, :completed_redirect_url, :uuid, :name, :email, :role,
         :completed, :phone, :application_key, :external_id, :go_to_last,
         { metadata: {}, values: {}, readonly_fields: [], message: %i[subject body],
-          fields: [[:name, :uuid, :default_value, :readonly, :redacted, :validation_pattern, :invalid_message,
-                    { default_value: [] }]] }
+          fields: [[:name, :uuid, :default_value, :value,
+                    :readonly, :redacted, :validation_pattern, :invalid_message,
+                    { default_value: [], value: [] }]] }
       )
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/submissions/normalize_param_utils.rb b/lib/submissions/normalize_param_utils.rb
index 88d806a1..52dd6e45 100644
--- a/lib/submissions/normalize_param_utils.rb
+++ b/lib/submissions/normalize_param_utils.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ module Submissions
       default_values = submitter_params[:values] || {}
 
       submitter_params[:fields]&.each do |f|
-        default_values[f[:name].presence || f[:uuid]] = f[:default_value] if f.key?(:default_value)
+        default_values[f[:name].presence || f[:uuid]] =
+          if f.key?(:default_value)
+            f[:default_value]
+          elsif f.key?(:value)
+            f[:value]
+          end
       end
 
       return submitter_params if default_values.blank?