diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 102fc23a6..14586f4db 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 HikariCP Changes
 
+Changes in 6.2.1
+
+ * change default keepaliveTime to 2 minutes
+
+ * fix commons-compress dependency, make test scope
+
 Changes in 6.2.0
 
  * merged #2238 handle SQLTimeoutException without eviction. Users looking to preserve previous behavior
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebb0a22e8..c99cc85a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ pool. The 'ping' is one of either: invocation of the JDBC4 `isValid()` method, o
 `connectionTestQuery`. Typically, the duration out-of-the-pool should be measured in single digit milliseconds
 or even sub-millisecond, and therefore should have little or no noticeable performance impact. The minimum
 allowed value is 30000ms (30 seconds), but a value in the range of minutes is most desirable.
-*Default: 0 (disabled)*
+*Default: 120000 (2 minutes)*
 
 &#9203;``maxLifetime``<br/>
 This property controls the maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool.  An in-use connection will
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ allows you to set an instance of a class, implementing the ``com.zaxxer.hikari.S
 interface, that will be called before a connection is evicted from the pool due to specific exception
 conditions. Typically, when a ``SQLException`` is thrown, connections are evicted from the pool when
 specific *SQLStates* or *ErrorCodes* are present. The ``adjudicate()`` method will be called on the
-``SQLExceptionOverride`` instance, which may return one of: ``Override.CONTINUE_EVICT``. 
-``Override.DO_NOT_EVICT`` or ``Override.MUST_EVICT``. Except in very specific cases 
+``SQLExceptionOverride`` instance, which may return one of: ``Override.CONTINUE_EVICT``.
+``Override.DO_NOT_EVICT`` or ``Override.MUST_EVICT``. Except in very specific cases
 ``Override.CONTINUE_EVICT`` should be returned, allowing the default evict/no-evict logic to execute.
 *Default: none*
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java
index 289232839..c902c3301 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class HikariConfig implements HikariConfigMXBean
    private static final long SOFT_TIMEOUT_FLOOR = Long.getLong("com.zaxxer.hikari.timeoutMs.floor", 250L);
    private static final long IDLE_TIMEOUT = MINUTES.toMillis(10);
    private static final long MAX_LIFETIME = MINUTES.toMillis(30);
-   private static final long DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_TIME = 0L;
+   private static final long DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_TIME = MINUTES.toMillis(2);
    private static final int DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE = 10;
 
    private static boolean unitTest = false;
@@ -1101,13 +1101,13 @@ private void validateNumerics()
       // keepalive time must larger than 30 seconds
       if (keepaliveTime != 0 && keepaliveTime < SECONDS.toMillis(30)) {
          LOGGER.warn("{} - keepaliveTime is less than 30000ms, disabling it.", poolName);
-         keepaliveTime = DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_TIME;
+         keepaliveTime = 0L;
       }
 
       // keepalive time must be less than maxLifetime (if maxLifetime is enabled)
       if (keepaliveTime != 0 && maxLifetime != 0 && keepaliveTime >= maxLifetime) {
          LOGGER.warn("{} - keepaliveTime is greater than or equal to maxLifetime, disabling it.", poolName);
-         keepaliveTime = DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_TIME;
+         keepaliveTime = 0L;
       }
 
       if (leakDetectionThreshold > 0 && !unitTest) {