diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index e02131d73b..650f5d2b1c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -7769,7 +7769,7 @@
                         "construct": false,
                         "construct-only": false,
                         "controllable": false,
-                        "default": "cbr (0)",
+                        "default": "constrained-vbr (2)",
                         "mutable": "playing",
                         "readable": true,
                         "type": "GstOpusEncBitrateType",
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c
index f406d8661e..805ccd758e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
 #define DEFAULT_FRAMESIZE       20
 #define DEFAULT_CBR             TRUE
 #define DEFAULT_CONSTRAINED_VBR TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_BITRATE_TYPE    BITRATE_TYPE_CBR
+#define DEFAULT_BITRATE_TYPE    BITRATE_TYPE_CONSTRAINED_VBR
 #define DEFAULT_COMPLEXITY      10
 #define DEFAULT_INBAND_FEC      FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_DTX             FALSE