diff --git a/adminSiteServer/multiDim.ts b/adminSiteServer/multiDim.ts
index 63276daf91..7675f41c27 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/multiDim.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/multiDim.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { uniq } from "lodash"
 import { uuidv7 } from "uuidv7"
 
+import { migrateGrapherConfigToLatestVersion } from "@ourworldindata/grapher"
 import {
     Base64String,
     ChartConfigsTableName,
@@ -284,11 +285,21 @@ export async function createMultiDimConfig(
     const enrichedViews = await Promise.all(
         config.views.map(async (view) => {
             const variableId = view.indicators.y[0]
-            const patchGrapherConfig = view.config || {}
+            let patchGrapherConfig = {}
+            if (view.config) {
+                patchGrapherConfig = config.grapherConfigSchema
+                    ? migrateGrapherConfigToLatestVersion({
+                          ...view.config,
+                          $schema: config.grapherConfigSchema,
+                      })
+                    : view.config
+            }
             const fullGrapherConfig = mergeGrapherConfigs(
                 variableConfigs.get(variableId) ?? {},
                 patchGrapherConfig,
                 {
+                    $schema:
+                        "https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.005.json",
                     dimensions:
                         MultiDimDataPageConfig.viewToDimensionsConfig(view),
                     selectedEntityNames: config.defaultSelection ?? [],
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/siteTypes/MultiDimDataPage.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/siteTypes/MultiDimDataPage.ts
index b9eb95f433..7281ef0441 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/siteTypes/MultiDimDataPage.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/types/src/siteTypes/MultiDimDataPage.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type Metadata = Omit<OwidVariableWithSource, "id">
 interface MultiDimDataPageConfigType<
     IndicatorType extends Record<string, any>,
 > {
+    grapherConfigSchema?: string
     title: IndicatorTitleWithFragments
     defaultSelection?: string[]
     topicTags?: string[]