diff --git a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/factory.go b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/factory.go
index 235a0961a07b..3ffda431177e 100644
--- a/exporter/clickhouseexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/clickhouseexporter/factory.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 		QueueSettings:    queueSettings,
 		BackOffConfig:    configretry.NewDefaultBackOffConfig(),
 		ConnectionParams: map[string]string{},
-		Database:         "default",
+		Database:         defaultDatabase,
 		LogsTableName:    "otel_logs",
 		TracesTableName:  "otel_traces",
 		MetricsTableName: "otel_metrics",