diff --git a/plugins/tasks/http/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/plugins/http/HttpTaskV2.java b/plugins/tasks/http/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/plugins/http/HttpTaskV2.java
index dbccbbccec..9b71942ee3 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/http/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/plugins/http/HttpTaskV2.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/http/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/plugins/http/HttpTaskV2.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 @Named("http")
 @DryRunReady
@@ -40,9 +39,12 @@ public HttpTaskV2(Context context) {
 
     @Override
     public TaskResult execute(Variables input) throws Exception {
-        Configuration config = Configuration.custom().build(context.workingDirectory().toString(), input.toMap(), context.processConfiguration().debug());
+        var inputMap = new HashMap<>(context.defaultVariables().toMap());
+        inputMap.putAll(input.toMap());
 
-        Map<String, Object> response = new HashMap<>(SimpleHttpClient.create(config, context.processConfiguration().dryRun()).execute().getResponse());
+        var config = Configuration.custom().build(context.workingDirectory().toString(), inputMap, context.processConfiguration().debug());
+
+        var response = new HashMap<>(SimpleHttpClient.create(config, context.processConfiguration().dryRun()).execute().getResponse());
         return TaskResult.of((boolean)response.remove("success"), (String)response.remove("errorString"), response);
     }
 }