diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 091bf2be41a69c67db9b3544c852c21bd9d4ae59..af8eb2f56b2174579ace758b0f089b4169412c6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Usage
             </goals>
             <configuration>
                 <port>37017</port> <!-- optional, default 27017 -->
-                <version>2.0.4</version>  <!-- optional, default 2.1.1 -->
+                <version>2.0.4</version>  <!-- optional, default 2.2.1 -->
                 <databaseDirectory>/tmp/mongotest</databaseDirectory>  <!-- optional, default is a new dir in java.io.tmpdir -->
                 <logging>file</logging> <!-- optional (file|console|none), default console -->
                 <proxyHost>myproxy.company.com</proxyHost>  <!-- optional, default is none -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
index 2c4f67e5981bc427e9099abfe13a81b3f956af1b..df4ecc890eccfa8edca828b7d8dafc90dfc1d1d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/joelittlejohn/embedmongo/StartEmbeddedMongoMojo.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class StartEmbeddedMongoMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     /**
      * The version of MongoDB to run e.g. 2.1.1, 1.6 v1.8.2, V2_0_4,
      * 
-     * @parameter expression="${embedmongo.version}" default-value="V2_0_6"
+     * @parameter expression="${embedmongo.version}" default-value="2.2.1"
      * @since 0.1.0
      */
     private String version;