diff --git a/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py b/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py
index d53dc9eaff6a..99e55fe01b6c 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py
@@ -6690,7 +6690,7 @@ def median(a, axis=None, out=None, overwrite_input=None, keepdims=False):
     from mxnet import np, npx
     npx.set_np()
     return quantile(a=a, q=np.array(0.5), axis=axis, out=out, overwrite_input=overwrite_input,
-                    interpolation='linear', keepdims=keepdims)
+                    interpolation='midpoint', keepdims=keepdims)
 
 
 @set_module('mxnet.ndarray.numpy')
diff --git a/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py b/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py
index 3ae320c4d7d5..c05e17932fff 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py
@@ -5996,7 +5996,7 @@ def median(a, axis=None, out=None, overwrite_input=None, keepdims=False):
     mean, percentile
     """
     return quantile(a=a, q=0.5, axis=axis, out=out, overwrite_input=overwrite_input,
-                    interpolation='linear', keepdims=keepdims)
+                    interpolation='midpoint', keepdims=keepdims)
 
 
 @set_module('mxnet.symbol.numpy')