diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 10e7c99b..4d19c5e9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+fail2ban (1.0.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add banaction = nftables in the defaults-debian.conf default
+    see https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/discussions/3575#discussioncomment-7045315
+
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:55:20 +0200
+
 fail2ban (1.0.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff --git a/debian/debian-files/jail.d_defaults-debian.conf b/debian/debian-files/jail.d_defaults-debian.conf
index 9eb356c8..0267e706 100644
--- a/debian/debian-files/jail.d_defaults-debian.conf
+++ b/debian/debian-files/jail.d_defaults-debian.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+banaction = nftables
+banaction_allports = nftables[type=allports]
+
 [sshd]
 enabled = true