diff --git a/apns/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/apns/ApnsSendService.java b/apns/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/apns/ApnsSendService.java
index 4f9a5c6..447dc35 100644
--- a/apns/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/apns/ApnsSendService.java
+++ b/apns/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/apns/ApnsSendService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.eatthepath.pushy.apns.util.SimpleApnsPushNotification;
 import com.eatthepath.pushy.apns.util.concurrent.PushNotificationFuture;
 import de.tum.cit.artemis.push.common.NotificationRequest;
+import de.tum.cit.artemis.push.common.PushNotificationApiType;
 import de.tum.cit.artemis.push.common.SendService;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -64,18 +65,28 @@ public ResponseEntity<Void> send(NotificationRequest request) {
     // TODO: either we send this async (in a separate bean), but then we cannot return the response entity, or we send it sync and block the thread (as we do it now)
     // @Async
     private ResponseEntity<Void> sendApnsRequest(NotificationRequest request) {
-        String payload = new SimpleApnsPayloadBuilder()
-                .setContentAvailable(true)
+        var payload = new SimpleApnsPayloadBuilder()
                 .addCustomProperty("iv", request.initializationVector())
-                .addCustomProperty("payload", request.payloadCipherText())
-                .build();
+                .addCustomProperty("payload", request.payloadCipherText());
+
+        var isV2Api = request.apiType() == PushNotificationApiType.IOS_V2;
+
+        if (isV2Api) {
+           payload.setMutableContent(true);
+           // Alert Body is a fallback in case we cannot decrypt the payload
+           payload.setAlertBody("There is a new notification in Artemis.");
+        } else {
+            payload.setContentAvailable(true);
+        }
+
+        var playloadString = payload.build();
 
         SimpleApnsPushNotification notification = new SimpleApnsPushNotification(request.token(),
                 "de.tum.cit.ase.artemis",
-                payload,
+                playloadString,
                 Instant.now().plus(Duration.ofDays(7)),
                 DeliveryPriority.getFromCode(5),
-                PushType.BACKGROUND);
+                isV2Api ? PushType.ALERT : PushType.BACKGROUND);
 
         PushNotificationFuture<SimpleApnsPushNotification, PushNotificationResponse<SimpleApnsPushNotification>> responsePushNotificationFuture = apnsClient.sendNotification(notification);
         try {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/NotificationRequest.java b/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/NotificationRequest.java
index afee595..9eed319 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/NotificationRequest.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/NotificationRequest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package de.tum.cit.artemis.push.common;
 
-public record NotificationRequest(String initializationVector, String payloadCipherText, String token) {
+public record NotificationRequest(String initializationVector, String payloadCipherText, String token, PushNotificationApiType apiType) {
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/PushNotificationApiType.java b/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/PushNotificationApiType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a3bc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/artemis/push/common/PushNotificationApiType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package de.tum.cit.artemis.push.common;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public enum PushNotificationApiType {
+
+    DEFAULT((short) 0), IOS_V2((short) 1);
+
+    private final short databaseKey;
+
+    PushNotificationApiType(short databaseKey) {
+        this.databaseKey = databaseKey;
+    }
+
+    public short getDatabaseKey() {
+        return databaseKey;
+    }
+
+    public static PushNotificationApiType fromDatabaseKey(short databaseKey) {
+        return Arrays.stream(PushNotificationApiType.values()).filter(type -> type.getDatabaseKey() == databaseKey).findFirst()
+                .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown database key: " + databaseKey));
+    }
+}