diff --git a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/CompactDatabaseAction.java b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/CompactDatabaseAction.java
index 1a65b8d1bd60..de661bfd582b 100644
--- a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/CompactDatabaseAction.java
+++ b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/CompactDatabaseAction.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class CompactDatabaseAction extends ActionBase {
     @Nullable private Pattern excludingPattern;
     private Pattern databasePattern = Pattern.compile(".*");
 
-    private MultiTablesSinkMode databaseCompactMode = MultiTablesSinkMode.DIVIDED;
+    private MultiTablesSinkMode databaseCompactMode = MultiTablesSinkMode.COMBINED;
 
     private final Map<String, FileStoreTable> tableMap = new HashMap<>();
 
diff --git a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/MultiTablesSinkMode.java b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/MultiTablesSinkMode.java
index d5c514199589..cfba932e3601 100644
--- a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/MultiTablesSinkMode.java
+++ b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/MultiTablesSinkMode.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public enum MultiTablesSinkMode implements Serializable {
 
     public static MultiTablesSinkMode fromString(@Nullable String mode) {
         if (mode == null) {
-            return DIVIDED;
+            return COMBINED;
         }
 
         switch (mode.toLowerCase()) {