diff --git a/doc/zephyr.doxyfile.in b/doc/zephyr.doxyfile.in
index 0297832cc55..20c56189ce1 100644
--- a/doc/zephyr.doxyfile.in
+++ b/doc/zephyr.doxyfile.in
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ PREDEFINED             = "CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CUSTOM_BUSY_WAIT" \
                          "CONFIG_FPU" \
                          "CONFIG_FPU_SHARING" \
                          "CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE" \
-                         "CONFIG_KERNEL_WORK1" \
+                         "CONFIG_KERNEL_WORK2" \
                          "CONFIG_MMU" \
                          "CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET_MGMT" \
                          "CONFIG_NET_MGMT_EVENT" \
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig b/kernel/Kconfig
index 9d3620a5660..e5172d9d1c7 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ config THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
 
 choice KERNEL_WORK
 	prompt "Which work queue implementation to use"
-	default KERNEL_WORK1
+	default KERNEL_WORK2
 
 config KERNEL_WORK1
 	bool "Select the original racy work API"