diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc1a06a65..4e5130d7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Added support to `RimeHttpTTSService` for the `arcana` model.
 
+### Changed
+
+- Updated the default voice for `DeepgramTTSService` to `aura-2-helena-en`.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed a `PipelineTask` issue that would cause tasks to not be cancelled if
diff --git a/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py b/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py
index a6d6ab4bb..945cdc447 100644
--- a/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async def run_bot(webrtc_connection: SmallWebRTCConnection, _: argparse.Namespac
         live_options=LiveOptions(vad_events=True, utterance_end_ms="1000"),
     )
 
-    tts = DeepgramTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), voice="aura-helios-en")
+    tts = DeepgramTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), voice="aura-2-andromeda-en")
 
     llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
 
diff --git a/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram.py b/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram.py
index 3e02d8d77..2a707da4a 100644
--- a/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async def run_bot(webrtc_connection: SmallWebRTCConnection, _: argparse.Namespac
 
     stt = DeepgramSTTService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"))
 
-    tts = DeepgramTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), voice="aura-helios-en")
+    tts = DeepgramTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), voice="aura-2-andromeda-en")
 
     llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/tts.py
index ec8a755a0..93c710f9e 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/tts.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class DeepgramTTSService(TTSService):
         self,
         *,
         api_key: str,
-        voice: str = "aura-helios-en",
+        voice: str = "aura-2-helena-en",
         base_url: str = "",
         sample_rate: Optional[int] = None,
         encoding: str = "linear16",