diff --git a/Tasks/KubernetesV0/src/kubernetes.ts b/Tasks/KubernetesV0/src/kubernetes.ts
index f177d3946517..944e303ccbf4 100644
--- a/Tasks/KubernetesV0/src/kubernetes.ts
+++ b/Tasks/KubernetesV0/src/kubernetes.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ async function run(clusterConnection: ClusterConnection, registryAuthenticationT
 {
     var secretName = tl.getInput("secretName", false);
     var configMapName = tl.getInput("configMapName", false);
+    var command = tl.getInput("command", false);
 
     if(secretName) {
         await kubectlSecret.run(clusterConnection, registryAuthenticationToken, secretName);
@@ -64,13 +65,14 @@ async function run(clusterConnection: ClusterConnection, registryAuthenticationT
     if(configMapName) {
         await kubectlConfigMap.run(clusterConnection, configMapName);
     }
-    
-    await executeKubectlCommand(clusterConnection);  
+
+    if (command) {
+        await executeKubectlCommand(clusterConnection, command);
+    }
 }
 
 // execute kubectl command
-function executeKubectlCommand(clusterConnection: ClusterConnection) : any {
-    var command = tl.getInput("command", true);
+function executeKubectlCommand(clusterConnection: ClusterConnection, command: string) : any {
     var result = "";
     var outputVariableName =  tl.getInput("kubectlOutput", false);  
     var telemetry = {
diff --git a/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.json b/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.json
index 42d2854409fd..aa1973c1187a 100644
--- a/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "version": {
         "Major": 0,
         "Minor": 1,
-        "Patch": 39
+        "Patch": 40
     },
     "demands": [],
     "preview": "false",
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
             "name": "command",
             "type": "pickList",
             "label": "Command",
-            "defaultValue": "apply",
-            "required": true,
+            "defaultValue": "",
+            "required": false,
             "options": {
                 "apply": "apply",
                 "create": "create",
diff --git a/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.loc.json b/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.loc.json
index ac26006bdd2a..d570eb128a6b 100644
--- a/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/KubernetesV0/task.loc.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 0,
     "Minor": 1,
-    "Patch": 39
+    "Patch": 40
   },
   "demands": [],
   "preview": "false",
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
       "name": "command",
       "type": "pickList",
       "label": "ms-resource:loc.input.label.command",
-      "defaultValue": "apply",
-      "required": true,
+      "defaultValue": "",
+      "required": false,
       "options": {
         "apply": "apply",
         "create": "create",
diff --git a/Tasks/KubernetesV1/src/kubernetes.ts b/Tasks/KubernetesV1/src/kubernetes.ts
index e6099be54db3..c6c2ea8d16df 100644
--- a/Tasks/KubernetesV1/src/kubernetes.ts
+++ b/Tasks/KubernetesV1/src/kubernetes.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tl.setResourcePath(path.join(__dirname, '..' , 'task.json'));
 tl.cd(tl.getInput("cwd"));
 
 var registryType = tl.getInput("containerRegistryType", true);
-var command = tl.getInput("command", true);
+var command = tl.getInput("command", false);
 const environmentVariableMaximumSize = 32766;
 
 var kubeconfigfilePath;
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ async function run(clusterConnection: ClusterConnection, command: string)
     if(configMapName) {
         await kubectlConfigMap.run(clusterConnection, configMapName);
     }
-    
-    await executeKubectlCommand(clusterConnection, command);  
+
+    if(command) {
+        await executeKubectlCommand(clusterConnection, command);
+    }  
 }
 
 // execute kubectl command
diff --git a/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.json b/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.json
index 122740db49b2..81dc122bb1ad 100644
--- a/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "version": {
         "Major": 1,
         "Minor": 1,
-        "Patch": 18
+        "Patch": 19
     },
     "demands": [],
     "releaseNotes": "What's new in Version 1.0:<br/>&nbsp;Added new service connection type input for easy selection of Azure AKS cluster.<br/>&nbsp;Replaced output variable input with output variables section that we had added in all tasks.",
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
             "name": "command",
             "type": "pickList",
             "label": "Command",
-            "defaultValue": "apply",
-            "required": true,
+            "defaultValue": "",
+            "required": false,
             "options": {
                 "apply": "apply",
                 "create": "create",
diff --git a/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.loc.json b/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.loc.json
index 6179ef2f6b34..81e884335d93 100644
--- a/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/KubernetesV1/task.loc.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
     "Minor": 1,
-    "Patch": 18
+    "Patch": 19
   },
   "demands": [],
   "releaseNotes": "ms-resource:loc.releaseNotes",
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
       "name": "command",
       "type": "pickList",
       "label": "ms-resource:loc.input.label.command",
-      "defaultValue": "apply",
-      "required": true,
+      "defaultValue": "",
+      "required": false,
       "options": {
         "apply": "apply",
         "create": "create",