diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 21abcd4a0eff4..d80263fc69415 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockfilter()
         "\nRetrieve a BIP 157 content filter for a particular block.\n",
         {
             {"blockhash", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hash of the block"},
-            {"filtertype", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Default{"basic"}, "The type name of the filter"},
+            {"filtertype", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Default{BlockFilterTypeName(BlockFilterType::BASIC_FILTER)}, "The type name of the filter"},
         },
         RPCResult{
             RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockfilter()
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
     uint256 block_hash(ParseHashV(request.params[0], "blockhash"));
-    std::string filtertype_name = "basic";
+    std::string filtertype_name = BlockFilterTypeName(BlockFilterType::BASIC_FILTER);
     if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
         filtertype_name = request.params[1].get_str();
     }