diff --git a/types/fs-extra-promise/fs-extra-promise-tests.ts b/types/fs-extra-promise/fs-extra-promise-tests.ts
index 75fa32f876..f273d6efb6 100644
--- a/types/fs-extra-promise/fs-extra-promise-tests.ts
+++ b/types/fs-extra-promise/fs-extra-promise-tests.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ readStream = fs.createReadStream(path, {
 writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(path);
 writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(path, {
 	flags: str,
-	defaultEncoding: str
+	encoding: str
 });
 
 function isDirectoryCallback(err: Error, isDirectory: boolean) {}
diff --git a/types/node/index.d.ts b/types/node/index.d.ts
index cf79ab990f..2447e3190f 100644
--- a/types/node/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node/index.d.ts
@@ -4227,7 +4227,7 @@ declare module "fs" {
      */
     export function createWriteStream(path: PathLike, options?: string | {
         flags?: string;
-        defaultEncoding?: string;
+        encoding?: string;
         fd?: number;
         mode?: number;
         autoClose?: boolean;