diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ede741f64c..1f5f3e0fb3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Requesting the Ethereum Node Record (ENR) to acquire the fork id from bonded peers is now enabled by default, so the following change has been made [#5628](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5628):
 - `--Xfilter-on-enr-fork-id` has been removed. To disable the feature use `--filter-on-enr-fork-id=false`.
 - `--engine-jwt-enabled` has been removed. Use `--engine-jwt-disabled` instead. [#6491](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6491)
+- SNAP sync is now the default for named networks [#6530](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6530)
 
 ### Deprecations
 - X_SNAP and X_CHECKPOINT are marked for deprecation and will be removed in 24.4.0 in favor of SNAP and CHECKPOINT [#6405](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6405)
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
index 201568ac8fd..656abc5b03b 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ private InetAddress autoDiscoverDefaultIP() {
       names = {"--sync-mode"},
       paramLabel = MANDATORY_MODE_FORMAT_HELP,
       description =
-          "Synchronization mode, possible values are ${COMPLETION-CANDIDATES} (default: FAST if a --network is supplied and privacy isn't enabled. FULL otherwise.)")
+          "Synchronization mode, possible values are ${COMPLETION-CANDIDATES} (default: SNAP if a --network is supplied and privacy isn't enabled. FULL otherwise.)")
   private SyncMode syncMode = null;
 
   @Option(
@@ -2659,8 +2659,8 @@ private SyncMode getDefaultSyncModeIfNotSet() {
         .orElse(
             genesisFile == null
                     && !privacyOptionGroup.isPrivacyEnabled
-                    && Optional.ofNullable(network).map(NetworkName::canFastSync).orElse(false)
-                ? SyncMode.FAST
+                    && Optional.ofNullable(network).map(NetworkName::canSnapSync).orElse(false)
+                ? SyncMode.SNAP
                 : SyncMode.FULL);
   }
 
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/config/NetworkName.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/config/NetworkName.java
index 6638ddfa44e..5656abc2979 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/config/NetworkName.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/config/NetworkName.java
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ public enum NetworkName {
 
   private final String genesisFile;
   private final BigInteger networkId;
-  private final boolean canFastSync;
+  private final boolean canSnapSync;
   private final String deprecationDate;
 
   NetworkName(final String genesisFile, final BigInteger networkId) {
     this(genesisFile, networkId, true);
   }
 
-  NetworkName(final String genesisFile, final BigInteger networkId, final boolean canFastSync) {
+  NetworkName(final String genesisFile, final BigInteger networkId, final boolean canSnapSync) {
     this.genesisFile = genesisFile;
     this.networkId = networkId;
-    this.canFastSync = canFastSync;
+    this.canSnapSync = canSnapSync;
     // no deprecations planned
     this.deprecationDate = null;
   }
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ public BigInteger getNetworkId() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Can fast sync boolean.
+   * Can SNAP sync boolean.
    *
    * @return the boolean
    */
-  public boolean canFastSync() {
-    return canFastSync;
+  public boolean canSnapSync() {
+    return canSnapSync;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
index 09b7c8a2cbf..63841f12a86 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public void callingBesuCommandWithoutOptionsMustSyncWithDefaultValues() {
     verify(mockControllerBuilder).build();
 
     assertThat(storageProviderArgumentCaptor.getValue()).isNotNull();
-    assertThat(syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue().getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.FAST);
+    assertThat(syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue().getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.SNAP);
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
     assertThat(miningArg.getValue().getCoinbase()).isEqualTo(Optional.empty());
     assertThat(miningArg.getValue().getMinTransactionGasPrice()).isEqualTo(Wei.of(1000));
@@ -1149,6 +1149,18 @@ public void syncMode_full_by_default_for_dev() {
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void syncMode_snap_by_default() {
+    parseCommand();
+    verify(mockControllerBuilder).synchronizerConfiguration(syncConfigurationCaptor.capture());
+
+    final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfig = syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue();
+    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.SNAP);
+
+    assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void helpShouldDisplayFastSyncOptions() {
     parseCommand("--help");
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java
index fcba28bd61b..008ae6a89b1 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public void noOverrideDefaultValuesIfKeyIsNotPresentInConfigFile() {
     verify(mockControllerBuilder).synchronizerConfiguration(syncConfigurationCaptor.capture());
 
     final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfig = syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue();
-    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.FAST);
+    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.SNAP);
     assertThat(syncConfig.getFastSyncMinimumPeerCount()).isEqualTo(5);
 
     assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();