diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
index f18339fe0a6ee..9ae22e810e1ec 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieCleaningPolicy;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieFailedWritesCleaningPolicy;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieFileFormat;
-import org.apache.hudi.common.model.DefaultHoodieRecordPayload;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.model.OverwriteWithLatestAvroPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.WriteConcurrencyMode;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.marker.MarkerType;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class HoodieWriteConfig extends HoodieConfig {
 
   public static final ConfigProperty<String> WRITE_PAYLOAD_CLASS_NAME = ConfigProperty
       .key("hoodie.datasource.write.payload.class")
-      .defaultValue(DefaultHoodieRecordPayload.class.getName())
+      .defaultValue(OverwriteWithLatestAvroPayload.class.getName())
       .withDocumentation("Payload class used. Override this, if you like to roll your own merge logic, when upserting/inserting. "
           + "This will render any value set for PRECOMBINE_FIELD_OPT_VAL in-effective");