diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content/manager/content-data-manager.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content/manager/content-data-manager.ts
index 6c81b7b197..64a9941d1e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content/manager/content-data-manager.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content/manager/content-data-manager.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ export class UmbContentWorkspaceDataManager<
 			if (variantId.isInvariant()) {
 				this.#updateInvariantData(update);
 			} else {
+				// The server requires a segment name. It doesn't matter what it is as long as it is not empty. The server will overwrite it with the name of the default.
+				update = { ...update, name: 'Segment' } as ModelVariantType;
 				this.#updateVariantData(variantId, update);
 			}
 			return;