diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java
index 56280e9e1bf..e74a4d10380 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ private ASTNode convertMethodInAnnotationTypeDecl(JCMethodDecl javac, ASTNode pa
 		commonSettings(res, javac);
 		res.modifiers().addAll(convert(javac.getModifiers(), res));
 		res.setType(convertToType(javac.getReturnType()));
+		if( javac.defaultValue != null) {
+			res.setDefault(convertExpression(javac.defaultValue));
+		}
 		if (convert(javac.getName()) instanceof SimpleName simpleName) {
 			res.setName(simpleName);
 		}