diff --git a/docs/content/configuration.md b/docs/content/configuration.md
index 7c568e7e9..65cf29153 100644
--- a/docs/content/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/configuration.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Iceberg tables support table properties to configure table behavior, like the de
 | write.parquet.compression-level                      | null                        | Parquet compression level                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | write.parquet.bloom-filter-enabled.column.col1       | (not set)                   | Hint to parquet to write a bloom filter for the column: col1                                                                                                                                      |
 | write.parquet.bloom-filter-max-bytes                 | 1048576 (1 MB)              | The maximum number of bytes for a bloom filter bitset                                                                                                                                             |
-| write.avro.compression-codec                         | gzip                        | Avro compression codec: gzip(deflate with 9 level), zstd, snappy, uncompressed                                                                                                                    |
+| write.avro.compression-codec                         | zstd                        | Avro compression codec: gzip(deflate with 9 level), zstd, snappy, uncompressed                                                                                                                    |
 | write.avro.compression-level                         | null                        | Avro compression level                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | write.orc.stripe-size-bytes                          | 67108864 (64 MB)            | Define the default ORC stripe size, in bytes                                                                                                                                                      |
 | write.orc.block-size-bytes                           | 268435456 (256 MB)          | Define the default file system block size for ORC files                                                                                                                                           |