diff --git a/src/sagemaker/serve/builder/jumpstart_builder.py b/src/sagemaker/serve/builder/jumpstart_builder.py
index 86a6875721..bf6fcaa376 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/serve/builder/jumpstart_builder.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/serve/builder/jumpstart_builder.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def _create_pre_trained_js_model(self) -> Type[Model]:
             vpc_config=self.vpc_config,
             sagemaker_session=self.sagemaker_session,
             name=self.name,
+            instance_type=self.instance_type,
         )
 
         self._original_deploy = pysdk_model.deploy
diff --git a/tests/integ/sagemaker/serve/test_schema_builder.py b/tests/integ/sagemaker/serve/test_schema_builder.py
index 1a2bbe2355..6d3e8281d5 100644
--- a/tests/integ/sagemaker/serve/test_schema_builder.py
+++ b/tests/integ/sagemaker/serve/test_schema_builder.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 
 def test_model_builder_happy_path_with_only_model_id_text_generation(sagemaker_session):
     model_builder = ModelBuilder(
-        model="HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-7b-beta", sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session
+        model="HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-7b-beta",
+        sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
+        instance_type=None,
     )
 
     model = model_builder.build(sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session)