diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-postgresql-datasource/configuration/ConfigurationEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-postgresql-datasource/configuration/ConfigurationEditor.tsx
index 29ced54320c..8acacf21633 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-postgresql-datasource/configuration/ConfigurationEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana-postgresql-datasource/configuration/ConfigurationEditor.tsx
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export const PostgresConfigEditor = (props: DataSourcePluginOptionsEditorProps<P
         >
           <Select
             options={tlsModes}
-            value={jsonData.sslmode || PostgresTLSModes.verifyFull}
+            value={jsonData.sslmode || PostgresTLSModes.require}
             onChange={onJSONDataOptionSelected('sslmode')}
             width={WIDTH_LONG}
           />