diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 07ba39fcdc..a33ebde440 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
   * Traditional Chinese `zh-TW`
   * Norwegian Bokmål `nb`
   * Swedish `sv`
+- Wallabag sharer now targets Wallabag 2 by default. This is potentially breaking change but hopefully, no one uses Wallabag 1 any more. ([#1261](https://github.com/fossar/selfoss/pull/1261))
 
 ### Other changes
 - The front-end has been modernized using React framework, this will greatly simplify future development. ([#1216](https://github.com/fossar/selfoss/pull/1216))
diff --git a/docs/content/docs/administration/options.md b/docs/content/docs/administration/options.md
index 8e468b2eb8..cd127b1d42 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs/administration/options.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs/administration/options.md
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ URL of your [Wallabag](https://www.wallabag.org/) instance.
 ### `wallabag_version`
 <div class="config-option">
 
-Set to `1` or `2` depending on your wallabag version (`1` for version 1.x or `2` for version 2.x).
+Set to `2` or `1` depending on your wallabag version (`2` for version 2.x or `1` for version 1.x).
 </div>
 
 ### `wordpress`
diff --git a/src/helpers/Configuration.php b/src/helpers/Configuration.php
index ef8c35b22c..7e331fa349 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/helpers/Configuration.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Configuration {
     public $wallabag = '';
 
     /** @var string */
-    public $wallabagVersion = '1';
+    public $wallabagVersion = '2';
 
     /** @var ?string */
     public $wordpress = null;