diff --git a/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/LocalParticipant.swift b/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/LocalParticipant.swift
index 8f00e216c..f197a2719 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/LocalParticipant.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/LocalParticipant.swift
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ private extension LocalParticipant {
 
                     populator.disableDtx = !publishOptions.dtx
 
-                    let encoding = publishOptions.encoding ?? AudioEncoding.presetSpeech
+                    let encoding = publishOptions.encoding ?? AudioEncoding.presetMusic
 
                     self.log("[publish] maxBitrate: \(encoding.maxBitrate)")
 
diff --git a/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AudioEncoding.swift b/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AudioEncoding.swift
index add185960..70063618c 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AudioEncoding.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AudioEncoding.swift
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ public extension AudioEncoding {
     ]
 
     static let presetTelephone = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 12000)
-    static let presetSpeech = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 20000)
-    static let presetMusic = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 32000)
-    static let presetMusicStereo = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 48000)
-    static let presetMusicHighQuality = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 64000)
-    static let presetMusicHighQualityStereo = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 96000)
+    static let presetSpeech = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 24000)
+    static let presetMusic = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 48000)
+    static let presetMusicStereo = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 64000)
+    static let presetMusicHighQuality = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 96000)
+    static let presetMusicHighQualityStereo = AudioEncoding(maxBitrate: 128_000)
 }