diff --git a/src/aleph/sdk/client/abstract.py b/src/aleph/sdk/client/abstract.py
index 7f9fed8e..2816aa3d 100644
--- a/src/aleph/sdk/client/abstract.py
+++ b/src/aleph/sdk/client/abstract.py
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ async def create_program(
         runtime: str,
         metadata: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
         address: Optional[str] = None,
+        payment: Optional[Payment] = None,
         vcpus: Optional[int] = None,
         memory: Optional[int] = None,
         timeout_seconds: Optional[float] = None,
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ async def create_program(
         :param runtime: Runtime to use
         :param metadata: Metadata to attach to the message
         :param address: Address to use (Default: account.get_address())
+        :param payment: Payment method used to pay for the program (Default: None)
         :param vcpus: Number of vCPUs to allocate (Default: 1)
         :param memory: Memory in MB for the VM to be allocated (Default: 128)
         :param timeout_seconds: Timeout in seconds (Default: 30.0)
diff --git a/src/aleph/sdk/client/authenticated_http.py b/src/aleph/sdk/client/authenticated_http.py
index 9bb9a1e7..1d0d69d7 100644
--- a/src/aleph/sdk/client/authenticated_http.py
+++ b/src/aleph/sdk/client/authenticated_http.py
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ async def create_program(
         runtime: str,
         metadata: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
         address: Optional[str] = None,
+        payment: Optional[Payment] = None,
         vcpus: Optional[int] = None,
         memory: Optional[int] = None,
         timeout_seconds: Optional[float] = None,
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ async def create_program(
             runtime=runtime,
             metadata=metadata,
             address=address,
+            payment=payment,
             vcpus=vcpus,
             memory=memory,
             timeout_seconds=timeout_seconds,