diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py
index 1e9386ff2..92dcc0fc1 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/service.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from langflow.services.store.schema import (
     ListComponentResponse,
     StoreComponentCreate,
 )
+from langflow.services.store.utils import process_tags_for_post
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from langflow.services.settings.service import SettingsService
@@ -209,6 +210,8 @@ class StoreService(Service):
         response = None
         if component_dict.get("parent"):
             component_dict["parent"] = str(component_dict["parent"])
+
+        component_dict = process_tags_for_post(component_dict)
         try:
             response = httpx.post(
                 self.components_url, headers=headers, json=component_dict
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/services/store/utils.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab9ab0680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/services/store/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+def process_tags_for_post(component_dict):
+    tags = component_dict.pop("tags", None)
+    if tags and all(isinstance(tag, str) for tag in tags):
+        component_dict["tags"] = [{"tags_id": tag} for tag in tags]
+    return component_dict