diff --git a/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go b/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go
index f6c410e95..ac988df2a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ func (h *AppHandler) gatherRevisionSpec(af *appfile.Appfile) (*v1beta1.Applicati
 	copiedApp := h.app.DeepCopy()
 	// We better to remove all object status in the appRevision
 	copiedApp.Status = common.AppStatus{}
-	if !metav1.HasAnnotation(h.app.ObjectMeta, oam.AnnotationPublishVersion) {
-		copiedApp.Spec.Workflow = nil
-	}
 	appRev := &v1beta1.ApplicationRevision{
 		Spec: v1beta1.ApplicationRevisionSpec{
 			Application:             *copiedApp,
diff --git a/test/e2e-multicluster-test/multicluster_test.go b/test/e2e-multicluster-test/multicluster_test.go
index 888e59bde..0009577ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e-multicluster-test/multicluster_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e-multicluster-test/multicluster_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 			_, err := execCommand("cluster", "join", "/tmp/worker.kubeconfig", "--name", testClusterName)
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/example-lite-envbinding-app.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/example-lite-envbinding-app.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			appYaml := strings.ReplaceAll(string(bs), "TEST_CLUSTER_NAME", testClusterName)
 			Expect(yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(appYaml), app)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 			// 4. Component selector.
 			By("apply application")
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/example-envbinding-app.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/example-envbinding-app.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			appYaml := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(string(bs), "TEST_NAMESPACE", testNamespace), "PROD_NAMESPACE", prodNamespace)
 			Expect(yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(appYaml), app)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 			// 5. add env
 			By("apply application")
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/example-envbinding-app-wo-workflow.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/example-envbinding-app-wo-workflow.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			appYaml := strings.ReplaceAll(string(bs), "TEST_NAMESPACE", testNamespace)
 			Expect(yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(appYaml), app)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 		It("Test helm addon relied feature", func() {
 			By("apply application")
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-apply-in-order.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-apply-in-order.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			Expect(yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(bs), app)).Should(Succeed())
 			app.SetNamespace(testNamespace)
@@ -568,7 +567,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Test applications with bad resource", func() {
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-bad-resource.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-bad-resource.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			appYaml := strings.ReplaceAll(string(bs), "TEST_NAMESPACE", testNamespace)
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
@@ -588,7 +587,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Test applications with env and storage trait", func() {
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-with-env-and-storage.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-with-env-and-storage.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			appYaml := strings.ReplaceAll(string(bs), "TEST_NAMESPACE", testNamespace)
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
@@ -601,7 +600,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Test applications with gc policy change (onAppUpdate -> never)", func() {
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-gc-policy-change.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-gc-policy-change.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			appYaml := strings.ReplaceAll(string(bs), "TEST_NAMESPACE", testNamespace)
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
@@ -657,7 +656,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Test Application with env in webservice and labels & storage trait", func() {
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-with-env-labels-storage.yaml")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-with-env-labels-storage.yaml")
 			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
 			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
 			Expect(yaml.Unmarshal(bs, app)).Should(Succeed())
@@ -673,5 +672,29 @@ var _ = Describe("Test multicluster scenario", func() {
 			Expect(deploy.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env[0].Value).Should(Equal("testValue"))
 			Expect(len(deploy.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes)).Should(Equal(1))
 		})
+
+		It("Test application with workflow change will rerun", func() {
+			By("create application")
+			bs, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/app/app-lite-with-workflow.yaml")
+			Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
+			app := &v1beta1.Application{}
+			Expect(yaml.Unmarshal(bs, app)).Should(Succeed())
+			app.SetNamespace(testNamespace)
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(hubCtx, app)).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				g.Expect(k8sClient.Get(hubCtx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app), app)).Should(Succeed())
+				g.Expect(app.Status.Phase).Should(Equal(common.ApplicationRunning))
+			}, 20*time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Expect(k8sClient.Get(hubCtx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: testNamespace, Name: "data-worker"}, &appsv1.Deployment{})).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				g.Expect(k8sClient.Get(hubCtx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app), app)).Should(Succeed())
+				app.Spec.Workflow.Steps[0].Properties = &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(`{"policies":["worker"]}`)}
+				g.Expect(k8sClient.Update(hubCtx, app)).Should(Succeed())
+			}, 10*time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				g.Expect(k8sClient.Get(hubCtx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: testNamespace, Name: "data-worker"}, &appsv1.Deployment{})).Should(Satisfy(kerrors.IsNotFound))
+				g.Expect(k8sClient.Get(workerCtx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: testNamespace, Name: "data-worker"}, &appsv1.Deployment{})).Should(Succeed())
+			}, 20*time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+		})
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e-multicluster-test/testdata/app/app-lite-with-workflow.yaml b/test/e2e-multicluster-test/testdata/app/app-lite-with-workflow.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75504e650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-multicluster-test/testdata/app/app-lite-with-workflow.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: example-lite-app
+spec:
+  components:
+    - name: data-worker
+      type: worker
+      properties:
+        image: busybox
+        cmd:
+          - sleep
+          - '1000000'
+  policies:
+    - name: local
+      type: topology
+      properties:
+        clusters: ["local"]
+    - name: worker
+      type: topology
+      properties:
+        clusters: ["cluster-worker"]
+  workflow:
+    steps:
+      - name: deploy
+        type: deploy
+        properties:
+          policies: ["local"]