diff --git a/lightgbm/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/lightgbm/params/LightGBMParams.scala b/lightgbm/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/lightgbm/params/LightGBMParams.scala
index 5e5e9a77a4..423ea6300a 100644
--- a/lightgbm/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/lightgbm/params/LightGBMParams.scala
+++ b/lightgbm/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/lightgbm/params/LightGBMParams.scala
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ trait LightGBMExecutionParams extends Wrappable {
   val dataTransferMode = new Param[String](this, "dataTransferMode",
     "Specify how SynapseML transfers data from Spark to LightGBM.  " +
       "Values can be streaming, bulk. Default is bulk, which is the legacy mode.")
-  setDefault(dataTransferMode -> LightGBMConstants.BulkDataTransferMode)
+  setDefault(dataTransferMode -> LightGBMConstants.StreamingDataTransferMode)
   def getDataTransferMode: String = $(dataTransferMode)
   def setDataTransferMode(value: String): this.type = set(dataTransferMode, value)