diff --git a/include/util/tdef.h b/include/util/tdef.h
index 6fbec4bc67..a3deb73fd4 100644
--- a/include/util/tdef.h
+++ b/include/util/tdef.h
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ typedef enum ELogicConditionType {
 #define TSDB_DEFAULT_DB_SCHEMALESS      TSDB_DB_SCHEMALESS_OFF
 
 #define TSDB_DB_MIN_WAL_RETENTION_PERIOD     -1
-#define TSDB_DEFAULT_DB_WAL_RETENTION_PERIOD (24 * 60 * 60 * 2)
+#define TSDB_DEFAULT_DB_WAL_RETENTION_PERIOD (24 * 60 * 60 * 4)
 #define TSDB_DB_MIN_WAL_RETENTION_SIZE       -1
 #define TSDB_DEFAULT_DB_WAL_RETENTION_SIZE   -1
 #define TSDB_DB_MIN_WAL_ROLL_PERIOD          0
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim b/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim
index fd14e025a5..d81671eebd 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/db/alter_option.sim
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ endi
 if $data21_db != 1000 then  # wal_level fsyncperiod
   return -1
 endi
-if $data22_db != 172800 then  # wal_retention_period
+if $data22_db != 345600 then  # wal_retention_period
   return -1
 endi
 if $data23_db != -1 then  # wal_retention_size