diff --git a/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.json b/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.json
index 119f636bc479..dbbf8ff9e521 100644
--- a/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "minimumAgentVersion": "2.182.1",
     "version": {
         "Major": 2,
-        "Minor": 186,
+        "Minor": 188,
         "Patch": 0
     },
     "groups": [
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             "type": "pickList",
             "label": "7z compression",
             "required": false,
-            "defaultValue": "5",
+            "defaultValue": "normal",
             "helpMarkDown": "Optionally choose a compression level, or choose <b>`None`</b> to create an uncompressed 7z file.",
             "groupName": "archive",
             "visibleRule": "archiveType = 7z",
diff --git a/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.loc.json b/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.loc.json
index 5f7871f4b930..27b86168c72b 100644
--- a/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/ArchiveFilesV2/task.loc.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "minimumAgentVersion": "2.182.1",
   "version": {
     "Major": 2,
-    "Minor": 186,
+    "Minor": 188,
     "Patch": 0
   },
   "groups": [
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       "type": "pickList",
       "label": "ms-resource:loc.input.label.sevenZipCompression",
       "required": false,
-      "defaultValue": "5",
+      "defaultValue": "normal",
       "helpMarkDown": "ms-resource:loc.input.help.sevenZipCompression",
       "groupName": "archive",
       "visibleRule": "archiveType = 7z",
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@
     "ArchivingFile": "ms-resource:loc.messages.ArchivingFile",
     "MoreFiles": "ms-resource:loc.messages.MoreFiles"
   }
-}
+}
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