diff --git a/src/widgets/authentik/component.jsx b/src/widgets/authentik/component.jsx
index f646179cd..d90ffdf90 100644
--- a/src/widgets/authentik/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/authentik/component.jsx
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
   let loginsLast24H;
   let failedLoginsLast24H;
   switch (widget.version) {
-    case 1:
+    // v1 is default
+    default:
       const yesterday = new Date(Date.now()).setHours(-24);
       loginsLast24H = loginsData.reduce(
         (total, current) => (current.x_cord >= yesterday ? total + current.y_cord : total),
diff --git a/src/widgets/authentik/component.test.jsx b/src/widgets/authentik/component.test.jsx
index 4b1688391..163f4c234 100644
--- a/src/widgets/authentik/component.test.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/authentik/component.test.jsx
@@ -99,4 +99,28 @@ describe("widgets/authentik/component", () => {
     expectBlockValue(container, "authentik.loginsLast24H", 2);
     expectBlockValue(container, "authentik.failedLoginsLast24H", 1);
   });
+
+  it("falls back to v1 when no version is configured", () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date("2026-01-02T00:00:00Z"));
+
+    const oneHourAgo = Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+    useWidgetAPI.mockImplementation((widget, endpoint) => {
+      if (endpoint === "users") return { data: { pagination: { count: 5 } }, error: undefined };
+      if (endpoint === "login") return { data: [{ x_cord: oneHourAgo, y_cord: 2 }], error: undefined };
+      if (endpoint === "login_failed") return { data: [{ x_cord: oneHourAgo, y_cord: 1 }], error: undefined };
+      return { data: undefined, error: undefined };
+    });
+
+    // service-helpers sets version to null when the key is absent
+    const { container } = renderWithProviders(
+      <Component service={{ widget: { type: "authentik", version: null } }} />,
+      { settings: { hideErrors: false } },
+    );
+
+    expectBlockValue(container, "authentik.users", 5);
+    expectBlockValue(container, "authentik.loginsLast24H", 2);
+    expectBlockValue(container, "authentik.failedLoginsLast24H", 1);
+  });
 });