diff --git a/app/client/src/components/designSystems/blueprint/RadioGroupComponent.tsx b/app/client/src/components/designSystems/blueprint/RadioGroupComponent.tsx
index 726349f3f9..5d7b7cd86d 100644
--- a/app/client/src/components/designSystems/blueprint/RadioGroupComponent.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/components/designSystems/blueprint/RadioGroupComponent.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ class RadioGroupComponent extends React.Component<RadioGroupComponentProps> {
           </Label>
         )}
         <StyledRadioGroup
-          selectedValue={this.props.selectedOptionValue}
+          selectedValue={
+            this.props.selectedOptionValue === undefined
+              ? this.props.defaultOptionValue
+              : this.props.selectedOptionValue
+          }
           onChange={this.onRadioSelectionChange}
         >
           {this.props.options.map(option => {
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ export interface RadioGroupComponentProps extends ComponentProps {
   onRadioSelectionChange: (updatedOptionValue: string) => void;
   selectedOptionValue: string;
   isLoading: boolean;
+  defaultOptionValue: string;
 }
 
 export default RadioGroupComponent;
diff --git a/app/client/src/mockResponses/PropertyPaneConfigResponse.tsx b/app/client/src/mockResponses/PropertyPaneConfigResponse.tsx
index 8900530f6e..534ed18323 100644
--- a/app/client/src/mockResponses/PropertyPaneConfigResponse.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/mockResponses/PropertyPaneConfigResponse.tsx
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ const PropertyPaneConfigResponse = {
             id: "16.2",
             propertyName: "defaultOptionValue",
             label: "Default Selected Value",
-            controlType: "SWITCH",
+            controlType: "INPUT_TEXT",
           },
           {
             id: "16.3",
diff --git a/app/client/src/mockResponses/WidgetConfigResponse.tsx b/app/client/src/mockResponses/WidgetConfigResponse.tsx
index d6222278a1..c6b56a628c 100644
--- a/app/client/src/mockResponses/WidgetConfigResponse.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/mockResponses/WidgetConfigResponse.tsx
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const WidgetConfigResponse: WidgetConfigReducerState = {
         { id: "2", label: "Bravo", value: "2" },
         { id: "3", label: "Charlie", value: "3" },
       ],
-      selectedOptionValue: "1",
+      defaultOptionValue: "1",
       widgetName: "RadioGroup",
     },
     ALERT_WIDGET: {
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/RadioGroupWidget.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/RadioGroupWidget.tsx
index 296cfa290c..b0157064fe 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/RadioGroupWidget.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/RadioGroupWidget.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class RadioGroupWidget extends BaseWidget<RadioGroupWidgetProps, WidgetState> {
         onRadioSelectionChange={this.onRadioSelectionChange}
         key={this.props.widgetId}
         label={this.props.label}
+        defaultOptionValue={this.props.defaultOptionValue}
         selectedOptionValue={this.props.selectedOptionValue}
         options={this.props.options}
         isLoading={this.props.isLoading}
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class RadioGroupWidget extends BaseWidget<RadioGroupWidgetProps, WidgetState> {
   }
 
   onRadioSelectionChange = (updatedValue: string) => {
-    this.updateWidgetProperty("selectedOptionValue", updatedValue);
+    super.updateWidgetMetaProperty("selectedOptionValue", updatedValue);
     if (this.props.onSelectionChange) {
       super.executeAction({
         dynamicString: this.props.onSelectionChange,
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export interface RadioGroupWidgetProps extends WidgetProps {
   options: RadioOption[];
   selectedOptionValue: string;
   onSelectionChange: string;
+  defaultOptionValue: string;
 }
 
 export default RadioGroupWidget;