diff --git a/src/test/rpc/KeyGeneration_test.cpp b/src/test/rpc/KeyGeneration_test.cpp
index e136bb04beb..c31c525265b 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc/KeyGeneration_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc/KeyGeneration_test.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ class WalletPropose_test : public ripple::TestSuite
 
         expectEquals(
             result[jss::key_type],
-            params.isMember(jss::key_type) ? params[jss::key_type]
-                                           : "secp256k1");
+            params.isMember(jss::key_type) ? params[jss::key_type] : "ed25519",
+            "Logs from testRandomWallet unit test: ");
         BEAST_EXPECT(!result.isMember(jss::warning));
 
         std::string seed = result[jss::master_seed].asString();
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ class WalletPropose_test : public ripple::TestSuite
         expectEquals(result[jss::public_key_hex], s.public_key_hex);
         expectEquals(
             result[jss::key_type],
-            params.isMember(jss::key_type) ? params[jss::key_type]
-                                           : "secp256k1");
+            params.isMember(jss::key_type) ? params[jss::key_type] : "ed25519",
+            "Logs from testSecretWallet unit test: ");
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ class WalletPropose_test : public ripple::TestSuite
     void
     run() override
     {
-        testKeyType(std::nullopt, secp256k1_strings);
+        testKeyType(std::nullopt, ed25519_strings);
         testKeyType(std::string("secp256k1"), secp256k1_strings);
         testKeyType(std::string("ed25519"), ed25519_strings);
         testKeyType(std::string("secp256k1"), strong_brain_strings);
diff --git a/src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/WalletPropose.cpp b/src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/WalletPropose.cpp
index f3300b9ed04..6ad12b7e956 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/WalletPropose.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/WalletPropose.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ walletPropose(Json::Value const& params)
     }
 
     if (!keyType)
-        keyType = KeyType::secp256k1;
+        keyType = KeyType::ed25519;
 
     auto const publicKey = generateKeyPair(*keyType, *seed).first;