diff --git a/openstackclient/volume/client.py b/openstackclient/volume/client.py
index d4800b8d5c..0973868b86 100644
--- a/openstackclient/volume/client.py
+++ b/openstackclient/volume/client.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from openstackclient.common import utils
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-DEFAULT_API_VERSION = '1'
+DEFAULT_API_VERSION = '2'
 API_VERSION_OPTION = 'os_volume_api_version'
 API_NAME = "volume"
 API_VERSIONS = {