diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f250d81a..f4ea7b66 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-CLIENT=${CLIENT:-geth}
+CLIENT=${CLIENT:-reth}
 HOST_DATA_DIR=./${CLIENT}-data
 USE_BASE_CONSENSUS=true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 83d2c4c1..9eda3317 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
   execution:
     build:
       context: .
-      dockerfile: ${CLIENT:-geth}/Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ${CLIENT:-reth}/Dockerfile
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "8545:8545" # RPC
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
   node:
     build:
       context: .
-      dockerfile: ${CLIENT:-geth}/Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ${CLIENT:-reth}/Dockerfile
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
       - execution