diff --git a/packages/db-sqlite/src/columnToCodeConverter.ts b/packages/db-sqlite/src/columnToCodeConverter.ts
index 7bbad9a9177..bdcdba6129c 100644
--- a/packages/db-sqlite/src/columnToCodeConverter.ts
+++ b/packages/db-sqlite/src/columnToCodeConverter.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const columnToCodeConverter: ColumnToCodeConverter = ({
     if (column.type === 'jsonb' || column.type === 'geometry') {
       sanitizedDefault = `'${JSON.stringify(column.default)}'`
     } else if (typeof column.default === 'string' || column.type === 'numeric') {
-      sanitizedDefault = `'${column.default}'`
+      sanitizedDefault = JSON.stringify(column.default)
     }
 
     code = `${code}.default(${sanitizedDefault})`
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/postgres/columnToCodeConverter.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/postgres/columnToCodeConverter.ts
index 18b1d1143c5..1c23f104cf6 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/postgres/columnToCodeConverter.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/postgres/columnToCodeConverter.ts
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ export const columnToCodeConverter: ColumnToCodeConverter = ({
     } else if (column.type === 'jsonb') {
       sanitizedDefault = `sql\`'${JSON.stringify(column.default)}'::jsonb\``
     } else if (column.type === 'numeric') {
-      sanitizedDefault = `sql\`${column.default}\``
-    } else if (typeof column.default === 'string') {
       sanitizedDefault = `'${column.default}'`
+    } else if (typeof column.default === 'string') {
+      sanitizedDefault = `${JSON.stringify(column.default)}`
     }
 
     code = `${code}.default(${sanitizedDefault})`