diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
index a67049fb2..f0ae166d0 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get network.globals.mptcp_path_manager)" = "" ]; then
 	set network.globals.multipath='enable'
 	set network.globals.mptcp_path_manager='fullmesh'
 	set network.globals.mptcp_scheduler='blest'
-	set network.globals.congestion='cubic'
+	set network.globals.congestion='bbr2'
 	set network.globals.mptcp_checksum=0
 	set network.globals.mptcp_debug=0
 	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=4