1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index bb09d10..30cecff 100755
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ SOLARIS_XHDTYPE = b"X"          # Solaris extended header
 USTAR_FORMAT = 0                # POSIX.1-1988 (ustar) format
 GNU_FORMAT = 1                  # GNU tar format
 PAX_FORMAT = 2                  # POSIX.1-2001 (pax) format
-DEFAULT_FORMAT = GNU_FORMAT
+DEFAULT_FORMAT = PAX_FORMAT
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------
 # tarfile constants