diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.stories.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.stories.tsx
index 77f9c35..cebb8df 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.stories.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const Default: Story = {
     const callArgs = mockSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
     await expect(callArgs).toHaveProperty('text');
     await expect(callArgs?.text).toContain('For I am about to do something new');
-    await expect(callArgs?.text).toContain('Isaiah 43:19 KJV');
+    await expect(callArgs?.text).toContain('Isaiah 43:19 NIV');
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.tsx
index 67f404f..47763c1 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/verse-of-the-day.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export type VerseOfTheDayProps = {
    */
   background?: 'light' | 'dark';
   /**
-   * The Bible Translation version id to use, defaults to 1 (KJV).
+   * The Bible Translation version id to use, defaults to 111 (NIV).
    */
   versionId?: number;
   /**
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ async function share({ title, text, url }: { title?: string; text: string; url?:
  * @example
  * ```tsx
  * <VerseOfTheDay
- *   versionId={1}
+ *   versionId={111}
  *   showSunIcon={true}
  *   showShareButton={false}
  *   showBibleAppAttribution={true}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async function share({ title, text, url }: { title?: string; text: string; url?:
 export function VerseOfTheDay({
   background,
   dayOfYear,
-  versionId = 1, // KJV by default
+  versionId = 111, // NIV by default
   showSunIcon = true,
   showShareButton = true,
   showBibleAppAttribution = true,
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/test/mock-data/passages.json b/packages/ui/src/test/mock-data/passages.json
index ffeac7f..4d2590a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/test/mock-data/passages.json
+++ b/packages/ui/src/test/mock-data/passages.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   "ISA.43.19": {
     "id": "ISA.43.19",
     "content": "<div><div class=\"q1\"><span class=\"yv-v\" v=\"19\"></span><span class=\"yv-vlbl\">19</span>For I am about to do something new.</div><div class=\"q2\">See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?</div><div class=\"q1\">I will make a pathway through the wilderness.</div><div class=\"q2\">I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.</div></div>",
-    "version_id": 1,
+    "version_id": 111,
     "reference": "Isaiah 43:19"
   },
   "JHN.1.51": {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/test/mocks/handlers.ts b/packages/ui/src/test/mocks/handlers.ts
index 4d5bed4..9240aff 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/test/mocks/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/test/mocks/handlers.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const globalHandlers = [
   }),
 
   // Isaiah passage for verse of the day
-  http.get('*/v1/bibles/1/passages/ISA.43.19', () => {
+  http.get('*/v1/bibles/111/passages/ISA.43.19', () => {
     return HttpResponse.json(mockPassages['ISA.43.19']);
   }),
 
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ export const globalHandlers = [
     return HttpResponse.json(mockBibles.individual['111']);
   }),
 
-  http.get('*/v1/bibles/1', () => {
-    return HttpResponse.json(mockBibles.individual['1']);
-  }),
-
   http.get('*/v1/bibles/1588', () => {
     return HttpResponse.json(mockBibles.individual['1588']);
   }),