diff --git a/internal/provider/windscribe/openvpnconf.go b/internal/provider/windscribe/openvpnconf.go
index b05b73bd..4113a664 100644
--- a/internal/provider/windscribe/openvpnconf.go
+++ b/internal/provider/windscribe/openvpnconf.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func (w *Windscribe) BuildConf(connection models.Connection,
 	settings configuration.OpenVPN) (lines []string, err error) {
 	if settings.Cipher == "" {
-		settings.Cipher = constants.AES256cbc
+		settings.Cipher = constants.AES256gcm
 	}
 
 	if settings.Auth == "" {