diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts
index f35f2641..5ec100e1 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,28 @@ it('Validating a simple static values select component with the available items
     expect(result).to.equal(null);
 });
 
+it('Validating a simple static values select component with the available items validation parameter will return null if the selected item is valid and dataSrc is not specified', async () => {
+    const component: SelectComponent = {
+        ...simpleSelectOptions,
+        dataSrc: undefined,
+        data: {
+            values: [
+                { label: 'foo', value: 'foo' },
+                { label: 'bar', value: 'bar' },
+                { label: 'baz', value: 'baz' },
+                { label: 'baz', value: 'baz' },
+            ],
+        },
+        validate: { onlyAvailableItems: true },
+    };
+    const data = {
+        component: 'foo',
+    };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateAvailableItems(context);
+    expect(result).to.equal(null);
+});
+
 it('Validating a simple URL select component without the available items validation parameter will return null', async () => {
     const component: SelectComponent = {
         ...simpleSelectOptions,
diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts
index 069311e4..07511a77 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty';
+import { isEmpty, isUndefined} from 'lodash';
 import { FieldError, ProcessorError } from 'error';
 import { Evaluator } from 'utils';
 import { RadioComponent, SelectComponent, RuleFn, RuleFnSync, ValidationContext } from 'types';
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ function mapStaticValues(values: { label: string; value: string }[]) {
 }
 
 async function getAvailableSelectValues(component: SelectComponent, context: ValidationContext) {
+    if (isUndefined(component.dataSrc) && component.data.hasOwnProperty('values')) {
+        component.dataSrc = 'values';
+    };
     switch (component.dataSrc) {
         case 'values':
             if (Array.isArray(component.data.values)) {
@@ -107,6 +110,9 @@ async function getAvailableSelectValues(component: SelectComponent, context: Val
 }
 
 function getAvailableSelectValuesSync(component: SelectComponent, context: ValidationContext) {
+    if (isUndefined(component.dataSrc) && component.data.hasOwnProperty('values')) {
+        component.dataSrc = 'values';
+    };
     switch (component.dataSrc) {
         case 'values':
             if (Array.isArray(component.data?.values)) {
diff --git a/src/types/Component.ts b/src/types/Component.ts
index c050eb8d..f76f79f8 100644
--- a/src/types/Component.ts
+++ b/src/types/Component.ts
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ type StaticValuesSelectData = {
     data: {
         values: { label: string; value: string }[];
     };
-    dataSrc: 'values';
+    dataSrc?: undefined | 'values';
 };
 
 type JsonValuesSelectData = {