diff --git a/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts b/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
index b6bbf50231f124..40234b2956400e 100644
--- a/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
+++ b/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
@@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ export class GitpodServerEEImpl extends GitpodServerImpl {
             costCenter: {
                 attributionId,
                 spendingLimit: usageLimit,
-                billingStrategy: CostCenter_BillingStrategy.BILLING_STRATEGY_OTHER,
+                billingStrategy: response.costCenter.billingStrategy,
             },
         });