diff --git a/extensions/azurePublish/src/node/deploy.ts b/extensions/azurePublish/src/node/deploy.ts
index 05f5ea9201..1ff9b10903 100644
--- a/extensions/azurePublish/src/node/deploy.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurePublish/src/node/deploy.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ export class BotProjectDeploy {
 
       const manifest = await fs.readJson(path.join(skillSettingsPath, manifestFile));
 
+      manifest.endpoints = manifest.endpoints || [];
       const endpointIndex = manifest.endpoints.findIndex((x) => x.name === profileName);
       if (endpointIndex > -1) {
         // already exists