diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/controller/SchedulerController.java b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/controller/SchedulerController.java
index a9a551402729d486cde8f49b5b636a30a1e7763f..f55492a69edfb491523899c69dfb4a16180b437a 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/controller/SchedulerController.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/api/controller/SchedulerController.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class SchedulerController extends BaseController {
     public static final String DEFAULT_WARNING_TYPE = "NONE";
     public static final String DEFAULT_NOTIFY_GROUP_ID = "1";
     public static final String DEFAULT_FAILURE_POLICY = "CONTINUE";
-
+    public static final String DEFAULT_PROCESS_INSTANCE_PRIORITY = "MEDIUM";
 
     @Autowired
     private SchedulerService schedulerService;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class SchedulerController extends BaseController {
                                  @RequestParam(value = "receivers", required = false) String receivers,
                                  @RequestParam(value = "receiversCc", required = false) String receiversCc,
                                  @RequestParam(value = "workerGroup", required = false, defaultValue = "default") String workerGroup,
-                                 @RequestParam(value = "processInstancePriority", required = false) Priority processInstancePriority) throws IOException {
+                                 @RequestParam(value = "processInstancePriority", required = false, defaultValue = DEFAULT_PROCESS_INSTANCE_PRIORITY) Priority processInstancePriority) throws IOException {
         logger.info("login user {}, project name: {}, process name: {}, create schedule: {}, warning type: {}, warning group id: {}," +
                         "failure policy: {},receivers : {},receiversCc : {},processInstancePriority : {}, workGroupId:{}",
                 loginUser.getUserName(), projectName, processDefinitionId, schedule, warningType, warningGroupId,