diff --git a/x/gov/module.go b/x/gov/module.go
index 4b8fc83772a1..3eee0679e1b6 100644
--- a/x/gov/module.go
+++ b/x/gov/module.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (AppModuleBasic) RegisterLegacyAminoCodec(cdc *codec.LegacyAmino) {
 // DefaultGenesis returns default genesis state as raw bytes for the gov
 // module.
 func (AppModuleBasic) DefaultGenesis(cdc codec.JSONCodec) json.RawMessage {
-	return cdc.MustMarshalJSON(v1beta1.DefaultGenesisState())
+	return cdc.MustMarshalJSON(v1beta2.DefaultGenesisState())
 }
 
 // ValidateGenesis performs genesis state validation for the gov module.