diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache
index 6c1498b1643c..5b2d594a99ad 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/typescript-node/model.mustache
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{.}}} {{/parent}}{
     * {{{.}}}
     */
 {{/description}}
-    '{{name}}'{{^required}}?{{/required}}: {{#isEnum}}{{{datatypeWithEnum}}}{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}{{{dataType}}}{{#isNullable}} | null{{/isNullable}}{{/isEnum}}{{#defaultValue}} = {{{.}}}{{/defaultValue}};
+    '{{name}}'{{^required}}?{{/required}}: {{#isEnum}}{{{datatypeWithEnum}}}{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}{{{dataType}}}{{#isNullable}} | null{{/isNullable}}{{/isEnum}}{{#defaultValue}} = {{#isEnum}}{{classname}}.{{/isEnum}}{{{.}}}{{/defaultValue}};
 {{/vars}}
 
     {{#discriminator}}