diff --git a/veracode_api_py/api.py b/veracode_api_py/api.py
index 8841021..89b6e7d 100644
--- a/veracode_api_py/api.py
+++ b/veracode_api_py/api.py
@@ -112,22 +112,22 @@ def get_app_by_name(self, appname):
         return Applications().get_by_name(appname)
 
     def create_app(self, app_name, business_criticality, description: str=None, business_unit: UUID = None, teams=[], 
-                   policy_guid = None, custom_fields=[],bus_owner_name = None, bus_owner_email = None,
-                   git_repo_url = None, custom_kms_alias = None):
+                   policy_guid = None, custom_fields=[], bus_owner_name = None, bus_owner_email = None,
+                   git_repo_url = None, custom_kms_alias = None, tags=None):
         return Applications().create(app_name=app_name, description=description, 
                                      business_criticality=business_criticality, 
                                      business_unit=business_unit, teams=teams, policy_guid=policy_guid,
-                                     custom_fields=custom_fields, bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name, 
+                                     custom_fields=custom_fields, tags=tags, bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name, 
                                      bus_owner_email=bus_owner_email, git_repo_url=git_repo_url,
                                      custom_kms_alias=custom_kms_alias)
     
     def update_app(self, guid: UUID, app_name, business_criticality, description: str=None, business_unit: UUID = None, teams=[], 
                    policy_guid = None, custom_fields=[], bus_owner_name=None, bus_owner_email=None,
-                   git_repo_url = None, custom_kms_alias=None):
+                   git_repo_url = None, custom_kms_alias=None, tags=None):
         return Applications().update(guid=guid, app_name=app_name, description=description, 
                                      business_criticality=business_criticality, 
                                      business_unit=business_unit, teams=teams, policy_guid=policy_guid,
-                                     custom_fields=custom_fields, bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name, 
+                                     custom_fields=custom_fields, tags=tags, bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name, 
                                      bus_owner_email=bus_owner_email, git_repo_url=git_repo_url,
                                      custom_kms_alias=custom_kms_alias)    
 
diff --git a/veracode_api_py/applications.py b/veracode_api_py/applications.py
index b796263..3ed87d6 100644
--- a/veracode_api_py/applications.py
+++ b/veracode_api_py/applications.py
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ def get_by_name (self,appname: str):
         return APIHelper()._rest_paged_request(uri="appsec/v1/applications",method="GET",element="applications",params=params)
 
     def create(self,app_name:str ,business_criticality, description: str=None, business_unit: UUID=None, teams=[], policy_guid:UUID=None,
-                custom_fields=[], bus_owner_name=None, bus_owner_email=None, git_repo_url=None, custom_kms_alias: str=None):
+                custom_fields=[], bus_owner_name=None, bus_owner_email=None, git_repo_url=None, custom_kms_alias: str=None, tags=None):
         return self._create_or_update("CREATE",app_name=app_name,business_criticality=business_criticality,
                                       description=description,business_unit=business_unit,teams=teams, policy_guid=policy_guid, 
-                                      custom_fields=custom_fields, bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name, 
+                                      custom_fields=custom_fields, tags=tags, bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name, 
                                       bus_owner_email=bus_owner_email, git_repo_url=git_repo_url, custom_kms_alias=custom_kms_alias)
 
     def update(self,guid: UUID,app_name:str, business_criticality, description: str=None, business_unit: UUID=None, 
                teams=[], policy_guid:UUID=None, custom_fields=[],
-               bus_owner_name=None,bus_owner_email=None, git_repo_url=None, custom_kms_alias: str=None):
+               bus_owner_name=None,bus_owner_email=None, git_repo_url=None, custom_kms_alias: str=None, tags=None):
         return self._create_or_update("UPDATE",app_name=app_name,business_criticality=business_criticality,
                                       description=description,business_unit=business_unit,teams=teams,guid=guid, 
-                                      policy_guid=policy_guid, custom_fields=custom_fields, 
+                                      policy_guid=policy_guid, custom_fields=custom_fields, tags=tags, 
                                       bus_owner_name=bus_owner_name,bus_owner_email=bus_owner_email,
                                       git_repo_url=git_repo_url, custom_kms_alias=custom_kms_alias)
 
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def delete(self,guid: UUID):
         return APIHelper()._rest_request(uri,'DELETE')
 
     def _create_or_update(self,method,app_name: str, business_criticality, description: str=None, business_unit: UUID=None, 
-                          teams=[],guid=None,policy_guid:UUID=None, custom_fields=[], 
-                          bus_owner_name=None,bus_owner_email=None,git_repo_url=None,custom_kms_alias:str=None):
+                          teams=[],guid=None,policy_guid:UUID=None, custom_fields=[],
+                          bus_owner_name=None,bus_owner_email=None,git_repo_url=None,custom_kms_alias:str=None, tags=None):
         if method == 'CREATE':
             uri = 'appsec/v1/applications'
             httpmethod = 'POST'
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ def _create_or_update(self,method,app_name: str, business_criticality, descripti
             desc = { 'description': description}
             app_def.update(desc)
 
+        if (tags != None):
+            app_def.update({ 'tags': tags })
+
         if policy_guid:
             app_def.update({"policies": [{'guid': policy_guid}]})