diff --git a/sys/include/net/lora.h b/sys/include/net/lora.h
index b0394abd9b..b4b142dc63 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/lora.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/lora.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_LORA_SF_DEFAULT
-#define CONFIG_LORA_SF_DEFAULT                      (LORA_SF12)
+#define CONFIG_LORA_SF_DEFAULT                      (LORA_SF7)
 #endif
 
 /** @brief Set Coding Rate (CR)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_LORA_CR_DEFAULT
-#define CONFIG_LORA_CR_DEFAULT                      (LORA_CR_4_8)
+#define CONFIG_LORA_CR_DEFAULT                      (LORA_CR_4_5)
 #endif
 
 /** @brief Set this to 1 to enable inverted I/Q mode
diff --git a/sys/net/lora/Kconfig b/sys/net/lora/Kconfig
index 506ebeec5c..3e873ca56c 100644
--- a/sys/net/lora/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/net/lora/Kconfig
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ endchoice
 
 choice
     bool "Spreading factor"
-    default LORA_SF_DEFAULT_SF12
+    default LORA_SF_DEFAULT_SF7
     help
         Configure Spreading Factor (SF). SF denotes the amount of spreading code
         applied to the original data signal. A larger SF increases the time on
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ endchoice
 
 choice
     bool "Coding rate"
-    default LORA_CR_DEFAULT_CR_4_8
+    default LORA_CR_DEFAULT_CR_4_5
     help
         Configure Coding rate (CR). CR denotes the implementation of forward
         error correction (FEC). This may be done by encoding 4-bit data with