diff --git a/extensions/data-workspace/src/dataworkspace.d.ts b/extensions/data-workspace/src/dataworkspace.d.ts
index 57e6b1712f..46ac438675 100644
--- a/extensions/data-workspace/src/dataworkspace.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/data-workspace/src/dataworkspace.d.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ declare module 'dataworkspace' {
 		 *
 		 * @param name Create a project
 		 * @param location the parent directory of the project
+		 * @param projectTypeId the identifier of the selected project type
 		 */
-		createProject(name: string, location: vscode.Uri): Promise<vscode.Uri>;
+		createProject(name: string, location: vscode.Uri, projectTypeId: string): Promise<vscode.Uri>;
 
 		/**
 		 * Gets the supported project types
diff --git a/extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts b/extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts
index cb3a2ad19d..80583812ab 100644
--- a/extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts
+++ b/extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class WorkspaceService implements IWorkspaceService {
 	async createProject(name: string, location: vscode.Uri, projectTypeId: string): Promise<vscode.Uri> {
 		const provider = ProjectProviderRegistry.getProviderByProjectType(projectTypeId);
 		if (provider) {
-			const projectFile = await provider.createProject(name, location);
+			const projectFile = await provider.createProject(name, location, projectTypeId);
 			this.addProjectsToWorkspace([projectFile]);
 			this._onDidWorkspaceProjectsChange.fire();
 			return projectFile;
diff --git a/extensions/data-workspace/src/test/projectProviderRegistry.test.ts b/extensions/data-workspace/src/test/projectProviderRegistry.test.ts
index 430b91d9c1..1e3d50bd6f 100644
--- a/extensions/data-workspace/src/test/projectProviderRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/data-workspace/src/test/projectProviderRegistry.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function createProjectProvider(projectTypes: IProjectType[]): IProjectPro
 		getProjectTreeDataProvider: (projectFile: vscode.Uri): Promise<vscode.TreeDataProvider<any>> => {
 			return Promise.resolve(treeDataProvider);
 		},
-		createProject: (name: string, location: vscode.Uri): Promise<vscode.Uri> => {
+		createProject: (name: string, location: vscode.Uri, projectTypeId: string): Promise<vscode.Uri> => {
 			return Promise.resolve(location);
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/projectProvider/projectProvider.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/projectProvider/projectProvider.ts
index 42d2cc50ba..0b753d0f66 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/projectProvider/projectProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/projectProvider/projectProvider.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class SqlDatabaseProjectProvider implements dataworkspace.IProjectProvide
 	 * @param location the parent directory
 	 * @returns Uri of the newly created project file
 	 */
-	async createProject(name: string, location: vscode.Uri): Promise<vscode.Uri> {
+	async createProject(name: string, location: vscode.Uri, _: string): Promise<vscode.Uri> {
 		const projectFile = await this.projectController.createNewProject(name, location, true);
 		return vscode.Uri.file(projectFile);
 	}