diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/audio_classificiation.py b/src/datasets/tasks/audio_classificiation.py
index e0a2370d03d..6f9fe402f38 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/audio_classificiation.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/audio_classificiation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import copy
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import Audio, ClassLabel, Features
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AudioClassification(TaskTemplate):
-    task: str = "audio-classification"
+    task: str = field(default="audio-classification", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"audio": Audio()})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"labels": ClassLabel})
     audio_column: str = "audio"
diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/automatic_speech_recognition.py b/src/datasets/tasks/automatic_speech_recognition.py
index cccd8020e69..103a98a1bc9 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/automatic_speech_recognition.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/automatic_speech_recognition.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import copy
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import Audio, Features, Value
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AutomaticSpeechRecognition(TaskTemplate):
-    task: str = "automatic-speech-recognition"
+    task: str = field(default="automatic-speech-recognition", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"audio": Audio()})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"transcription": Value("string")})
     audio_column: str = "audio"
diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/image_classification.py b/src/datasets/tasks/image_classification.py
index 251daaf6634..20a19e0408a 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/image_classification.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/image_classification.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import copy
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import ClassLabel, Features, Image
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ImageClassification(TaskTemplate):
-    task: str = "image-classification"
+    task: str = field(default="image-classification", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"image": Image()})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"labels": ClassLabel})
     image_column: str = "image"
diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/language_modeling.py b/src/datasets/tasks/language_modeling.py
index 4f0dfedd149..b2837744fa1 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/language_modeling.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/language_modeling.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import Features, Value
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class LanguageModeling(TaskTemplate):
-    task: str = "language-modeling"
+    task: str = field(default="language-modeling", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
 
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"text": Value("string")})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({})
diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/question_answering.py b/src/datasets/tasks/question_answering.py
index 5cce48c7038..349fd541417 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/question_answering.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/question_answering.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import Features, Sequence, Value
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class QuestionAnsweringExtractive(TaskTemplate):
     # `task` is not a ClassVar since we want it to be part of the `asdict` output for JSON serialization
-    task: str = "question-answering-extractive"
+    task: str = field(default="question-answering-extractive", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"question": Value("string"), "context": Value("string")})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features(
         {
diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/summarization.py b/src/datasets/tasks/summarization.py
index 0e99b9d3b7d..a0057b07b4f 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/summarization.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/summarization.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import Features, Value
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Summarization(TaskTemplate):
     # `task` is not a ClassVar since we want it to be part of the `asdict` output for JSON serialization
-    task: str = "summarization"
+    task: str = field(default="summarization", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"text": Value("string")})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"summary": Value("string")})
     text_column: str = "text"
diff --git a/src/datasets/tasks/text_classification.py b/src/datasets/tasks/text_classification.py
index 6d430022384..13584b73e8a 100644
--- a/src/datasets/tasks/text_classification.py
+++ b/src/datasets/tasks/text_classification.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import copy
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict
 
 from ..features import ClassLabel, Features, Value
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class TextClassification(TaskTemplate):
     # `task` is not a ClassVar since we want it to be part of the `asdict` output for JSON serialization
-    task: str = "text-classification"
+    task: str = field(default="text-classification", metadata={"include_in_asdict_even_if_is_default": True})
     input_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"text": Value("string")})
     label_schema: ClassVar[Features] = Features({"labels": ClassLabel})
     text_column: str = "text"
diff --git a/tests/test_tasks.py b/tests/test_tasks.py
index a2877ce9185..210e71277b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 from unittest.case import TestCase
 
+import pytest
+
 from datasets.arrow_dataset import Dataset
 from datasets.features import Audio, ClassLabel, Features, Image, Sequence, Value
 from datasets.info import DatasetInfo
@@ -12,7 +14,9 @@
     QuestionAnsweringExtractive,
     Summarization,
     TextClassification,
+    task_template_from_dict,
 )
+from datasets.utils.py_utils import asdict
 
 
 SAMPLE_QUESTION_ANSWERING_EXTRACTIVE = {
@@ -24,6 +28,25 @@
 }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "task_cls",
+    [
+        AudioClassification,
+        AutomaticSpeechRecognition,
+        ImageClassification,
+        LanguageModeling,
+        QuestionAnsweringExtractive,
+        Summarization,
+        TextClassification,
+    ],
+)
+def test_reload_task_from_dict(task_cls):
+    task = task_cls()
+    task_dict = asdict(task)
+    reloaded = task_template_from_dict(task_dict)
+    assert task == reloaded
+
+
 class TestLanguageModeling:
     def test_column_mapping(self):
         task = LanguageModeling(text_column="input_text")