diff --git a/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/README.md b/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/README.md
index d9cccf5bef..ffdd5b221e 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/README.md
+++ b/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/README.md
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ exporters:
     # default = 1_048_576 (1MB)
     max_request_body_size: <max_request_body_size>
 
-    # format to use when sending logs to Sumo, default = json,
+    # format to use when sending logs to Sumo, default = otlp,
     # NOTE: only `otlp` is supported when used with sumologicextension
     log_format: {json, text, otlp}
 
-    # format to use when sending metrics to Sumo, default = prometheus,
+    # format to use when sending metrics to Sumo, default = otlp,
     # NOTE: only `otlp` is supported when used with sumologicextension
     metric_format: {carbon2, graphite, otlp, prometheus}
 
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go b/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go
index 280ed7cf04..b8c0f90cd9 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ const (
 	// DefaultMaxRequestBodySize defines default MaxRequestBodySize in bytes
 	DefaultMaxRequestBodySize int = 1 * 1024 * 1024
 	// DefaultLogFormat defines default LogFormat
-	DefaultLogFormat LogFormatType = JSONFormat
+	DefaultLogFormat LogFormatType = OTLPLogFormat
 	// DefaultMetricFormat defines default MetricFormat
-	DefaultMetricFormat MetricFormatType = PrometheusFormat
+	DefaultMetricFormat MetricFormatType = OTLPMetricFormat
 	// DefaultSourceCategory defines default SourceCategory
 	DefaultSourceCategory string = ""
 	// DefaultSourceName defines default SourceName
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go b/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go
index 0c07aca665..aa1a4fb7bf 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func TestCreateDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		ExporterSettings:    config.NewExporterSettings(config.NewID(typeStr)),
 		CompressEncoding:    "gzip",
 		MaxRequestBodySize:  1_048_576,
-		LogFormat:           "json",
-		MetricFormat:        "prometheus",
+		LogFormat:           "otlp",
+		MetricFormat:        "otlp",
 		SourceCategory:      "",
 		SourceName:          "",
 		SourceHost:          "",