diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts
index a28bb1839d08a7e..803da054fa0cbc1 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { regEx } from '../../../util/regex';
+import { id as semverId } from '../../versioning/semver';
 import { Datasource } from '../datasource';
 import type { GetReleasesConfig, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
 import type { FlutterResponse } from './types';
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ export class FlutterVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly caching = true;
 
+  override readonly defaultVersioning = semverId;
+
   async getReleases({
     registryUrl,
   }: GetReleasesConfig): Promise<ReleaseResult | null> {
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts
index b298cf39a94af62..fb07083aa1d51f3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { ExternalHostError } from '../../../types/errors/external-host-error';
 import { cache } from '../../../util/cache/package/decorator';
 import { HttpError } from '../../../util/http';
+import { id as semverId } from '../../versioning/semver';
 import { Datasource } from '../datasource';
 import type { GetReleasesConfig, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
 import { datasource, defaultRegistryUrl } from './common';
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ export class HexpmBobDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly caching = true;
 
+  override readonly defaultVersioning = semverId;
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${datasource}`,
     key: ({ registryUrl, packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/index.spec.ts
index 8b8dac55d090c1a..e5c91e2c88e8a23 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/index.spec.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('modules/datasource/index', () => {
 
   describe('getDefaultVersioning()', () => {
     it('returns semver if undefined', () => {
-      expect(getDefaultVersioning(undefined)).toBe('semver');
+      expect(getDefaultVersioning(undefined)).toBe('semver-coerced');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/index.ts
index f9529ddfe1c6128..1daa4630569d727 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { regEx } from '../../util/regex';
 import { Result } from '../../util/result';
 import { uniq } from '../../util/uniq';
 import { trimTrailingSlash } from '../../util/url';
+import { defaultVersioning } from '../versioning';
 import * as allVersioning from '../versioning';
 import datasources from './api';
 import { addMetaData } from './metadata';
@@ -241,14 +242,14 @@ export function getDefaultVersioning(
   datasourceName: string | undefined
 ): string {
   if (!datasourceName) {
-    return 'semver';
+    return defaultVersioning.id;
   }
   const datasource = getDatasourceFor(datasourceName);
   // istanbul ignore if: wrong regex manager config?
   if (!datasource) {
     logger.warn({ datasourceName }, 'Missing datasource!');
   }
-  return datasource?.defaultVersioning ?? 'semver';
+  return datasource?.defaultVersioning ?? defaultVersioning.id;
 }
 
 function applyReplacements(
diff --git a/lib/modules/versioning/index.ts b/lib/modules/versioning/index.ts
index 0346a213a622a6d..893d05a68de8642 100644
--- a/lib/modules/versioning/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/versioning/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import versionings from './api';
 import { Versioning } from './schema';
+import * as semverCoerced from './semver-coerced';
 import type { VersioningApi, VersioningApiConstructor } from './types';
 
 export * from './types';
 
+export const defaultVersioning = semverCoerced;
+
 export const getVersioningList = (): string[] => Array.from(versionings.keys());
 /**
  * Get versioning map. Can be used to dynamically add new versioning type