diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Code/Code.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Code/Code.node.ts
index 342c5e8793..70f5a25780 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Code/Code.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Code/Code.node.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { JavaScriptSandbox } from './JavaScriptSandbox';
 import { PythonSandbox } from './PythonSandbox';
 import { getSandboxContext } from './Sandbox';
 import { standardizeOutput } from './utils';
+import { IS_V1_RELEASE } from '../../utils/constants';
 
 export class Code implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export class Code implements INodeType {
 		icon: 'fa:code',
 		group: ['transform'],
 		version: [1, 2],
-		defaultVersion: 1,
+		defaultVersion: IS_V1_RELEASE ? 2 : 1,
 		description: 'Run custom JavaScript code',
 		defaults: {
 			name: 'Code',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/utils/constants.ts b/packages/nodes-base/utils/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97f1ad7ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/utils/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { major } from 'semver';
+import { version } from '../package.json';
+
+export const IS_V1_RELEASE = major(version) > 0;