diff --git a/.changeset/silver-chicken-kiss.md b/.changeset/silver-chicken-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55754ef8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-chicken-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@near-js/providers": patch
+"@near-js/types": patch
+---
+
+Update tx execution status default value.
diff --git a/packages/providers/src/json-rpc-provider.ts b/packages/providers/src/json-rpc-provider.ts
index 1d3c299c8..6710868af 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src/json-rpc-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src/json-rpc-provider.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class JsonRpcProvider extends Provider {
      * @param signedTransaction The signed transaction being sent
      */
     async sendTransaction(signedTransaction: SignedTransaction): Promise<FinalExecutionOutcome> {
-        return this.sendTransactionUntil(signedTransaction, 'FINAL');
+        return this.sendTransactionUntil(signedTransaction, 'EXECUTED_OPTIMISTIC');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class JsonRpcProvider extends Provider {
      * @param accountId The NEAR account that signed the transaction
      * @param waitUntil
      */
-    async txStatus(txHash: Uint8Array | string, accountId: string, waitUntil: TxExecutionStatus = 'FINAL'): Promise<FinalExecutionOutcome> {
+    async txStatus(txHash: Uint8Array | string, accountId: string, waitUntil: TxExecutionStatus = 'EXECUTED_OPTIMISTIC'): Promise<FinalExecutionOutcome> {
         if (typeof txHash === 'string') {
             return this.txStatusString(txHash, accountId, waitUntil);
         } else {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export class JsonRpcProvider extends Provider {
      * @param waitUntil
      * @returns {Promise<FinalExecutionOutcome>}
      */
-    async txStatusReceipts(txHash: Uint8Array | string, accountId: string, waitUntil: TxExecutionStatus = 'FINAL'): Promise<FinalExecutionOutcome> {
+    async txStatusReceipts(txHash: Uint8Array | string, accountId: string, waitUntil: TxExecutionStatus = 'EXECUTED_OPTIMISTIC'): Promise<FinalExecutionOutcome> {
         if (typeof txHash === 'string') {
             return this.sendJsonRpc('EXPERIMENTAL_tx_status', { tx_hash: txHash, sender_account_id: accountId, wait_until: waitUntil });
         }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/provider/protocol.ts b/packages/types/src/provider/protocol.ts
index c003a9590..4a000df47 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/provider/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/provider/protocol.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export type BlockId = BlockHash | BlockHeight;
 
 export type Finality = 'optimistic' | 'near-final' | 'final'
 
-export type TxExecutionStatus = 'NONE' | 'INCLUDED' | 'INCLUDED_FINAL' | 'EXECUTED' | 'FINAL';
+export type TxExecutionStatus = 'NONE' | 'INCLUDED' | 'INCLUDED_FINAL' | 'EXECUTED' | 'FINAL' | 'EXECUTED_OPTIMISTIC';
 
 export type BlockReference = { blockId: BlockId } | { finality: Finality } | { sync_checkpoint: 'genesis' | 'earliest_available' }