diff --git a/designer/restmodel/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/restmodel/scenariodetails/ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations.scala b/designer/restmodel/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/restmodel/scenariodetails/ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations.scala
index 6a665561718..d926934159b 100644
--- a/designer/restmodel/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/restmodel/scenariodetails/ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations.scala
+++ b/designer/restmodel/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/restmodel/scenariodetails/ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations.scala
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 package pl.touk.nussknacker.restmodel.scenariodetails
 
-import io.circe.generic.JsonCodec
+import io.circe.{Codec, Decoder, Encoder}
 import pl.touk.nussknacker.engine.api.graph.ScenarioGraph
 import pl.touk.nussknacker.engine.api.process.{ProcessName, ProcessingType, ScenarioVersion}
 import pl.touk.nussknacker.restmodel.validation.ValidationResults
 import pl.touk.nussknacker.restmodel.validation.ValidationResults.ValidationResult
-import sttp.tapir.Schema
 
 // It is a minimal set of information used by migration mechanism
-@JsonCodec final case class ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations(
+final case class ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations(
     override val name: ProcessName,
     override val isArchived: Boolean,
     override val isFragment: Boolean,
@@ -30,6 +29,24 @@ import sttp.tapir.Schema
     validationResult.getOrElse(throw new IllegalStateException("Missing validation result"))
 }
 
+object ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations {
+
+  implicit val codec: Codec[ScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations] = {
+    implicit val labelsCodec: Codec[List[String]] = safeLabelsCodec
+    io.circe.generic.semiauto.deriveCodec
+  }
+
+  // labels field was introduced to BaseScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations in the 1.18 version and old versions do not provide it
+  // This fallback is needed to migrate the scenario to older versions of NU and can be removed in future releases
+  private lazy val safeLabelsCodec: Codec[List[String]] = {
+    Codec.from(
+      Decoder[Option[List[String]]].map(_.getOrElse(List.empty[String])),
+      Encoder[List[String]]
+    )
+  }
+
+}
+
 // This trait is extracted for easier monitoring changes in the /processes api that have an influence on the migration API
 trait BaseScenarioWithDetailsForMigrations {
   def name: ProcessName
diff --git a/designer/server/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/ui/process/migrate/StandardRemoteEnvironmentSpec.scala b/designer/server/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/ui/process/migrate/StandardRemoteEnvironmentSpec.scala
index aaaf4d93aae..b99450c78cf 100644
--- a/designer/server/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/ui/process/migrate/StandardRemoteEnvironmentSpec.scala
+++ b/designer/server/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/ui/process/migrate/StandardRemoteEnvironmentSpec.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
 import akka.stream.Materializer
 import de.heikoseeberger.akkahttpcirce.FailFastCirceSupport
 import io.circe.parser
+import io.circe.syntax.EncoderOps
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
@@ -350,9 +351,14 @@ class StandardRemoteEnvironmentSpec
 
       (uri, method) match {
         case GetProcessesDetailsWithoutScenarioGraph() =>
-          Marshal(allProcesses.map(_.copy(scenarioGraph = None))).to[ResponseEntity].map { entity =>
-            HttpResponse(entity = entity)
-          }
+          // response without labels to test decoder fallback
+          val response =
+            allProcesses.map(_.copy(scenarioGraph = None)).asJson.mapArray(_.map(_.mapObject(_.remove("labels"))))
+          Marshal(response)
+            .to[ResponseEntity]
+            .map { entity =>
+              HttpResponse(entity = entity)
+            }
         case GetProcessesDetails(names) =>
           Marshal(allProcesses.filter(p => names(p.name))).to[ResponseEntity].map { entity =>
             HttpResponse(entity = entity)