diff --git a/homeassistant/components/microsoft/tts.py b/homeassistant/components/microsoft/tts.py
index 59902335d47..840b35c2f85 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/microsoft/tts.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/microsoft/tts.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ GENDERS = ["Female", "Male"]
 DEFAULT_LANG = "en-us"
 DEFAULT_GENDER = "Female"
 DEFAULT_TYPE = "JennyNeural"
-DEFAULT_OUTPUT = "audio-16khz-128kbitrate-mono-mp3"
+DEFAULT_OUTPUT = "audio-24khz-96kbitrate-mono-mp3"
 DEFAULT_RATE = 0
 DEFAULT_VOLUME = 0
 DEFAULT_PITCH = "default"