diff --git a/backend/apps/common/eleven_labs.py b/backend/apps/common/eleven_labs.py
index e81313980b..a2b401b6f9 100644
--- a/backend/apps/common/eleven_labs.py
+++ b/backend/apps/common/eleven_labs.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ def __init__(
         model_id: str = "eleven_multilingual_v2",
         output_format: str = "mp3_44100_128",
         similarity_boost: float = 0.75,
-        speed: float = 1.0,
+        speed: float = 0.85,
         stability: float = 0.5,
         style: float = 0.0,
-        voice_id: str = "1SM7GgM6IMuvQlz2BwM3",  # cspell:disable-line
+        voice_id: str = "TX3LPaxmHKxFdv7VOQHJ",  # Liam # cspell:disable-line
         *,
         use_speaker_boost: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
             model_id (str): The model to use.
             output_format (str): Audio output format.
             similarity_boost (float): Voice consistency (0.0-1.0).
-            speed (float): Speech speed (0.25-4.0, default 1.0).
+            speed (float): Speech speed (0.25-4.0).
             stability (float): Voice stability (0.0-1.0).
             style (float): Style exaggeration (0.0-1.0).
             use_speaker_boost (bool): Enable speaker clarity boost.
diff --git a/backend/tests/apps/common/eleven_labs_test.py b/backend/tests/apps/common/eleven_labs_test.py
index 3113debfc1..ef84b5bed8 100644
--- a/backend/tests/apps/common/eleven_labs_test.py
+++ b/backend/tests/apps/common/eleven_labs_test.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 DEFAULT_MODEL_ID = "eleven_multilingual_v2"
 DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FORMAT = "mp3_44100_128"
 DEFAULT_SIMILARITY_BOOST = 0.75
-DEFAULT_SPEED = 1.0
+DEFAULT_SPEED = 0.85
 DEFAULT_STABILITY = 0.5
 DEFAULT_STYLE = 0.0
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30
 DEFAULT_USE_SPEAKER_BOOST = True
-DEFAULT_VOICE_ID = "1SM7GgM6IMuvQlz2BwM3"  # cspell:disable-line
+DEFAULT_VOICE_ID = "TX3LPaxmHKxFdv7VOQHJ"  # cspell:disable-line
 
 
 class TestElevenLabs: