diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
index 70c837205e..3d3b0e49b9 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ class HoudiniCreator(NewCreator, HoudiniCreatorBase):
     selected_nodes = []
     settings_name = None
 
+    default_variant = "Main"
+
     def create(self, subset_name, instance_data, pre_create_data):
         try:
             self.selected_nodes = []