diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 980d3dc7e..b1b285283 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR = getattr(configuration, 'REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATO
 REPORTS_ROOT = getattr(configuration, 'REPORTS_ROOT', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'reports')).rstrip('/')
 RQ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = getattr(configuration, 'RQ_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT', 300)
 SCRIPTS_ROOT = getattr(configuration, 'SCRIPTS_ROOT', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'scripts')).rstrip('/')
-SEARCH_BACKEND = getattr(configuration, 'SEARCH_BACKEND', 'netbox.search.backends.FilterSetSearchBackend')
+SEARCH_BACKEND = getattr(configuration, 'SEARCH_BACKEND', 'netbox.search.backends.CachedValueSearchBackend')
 SENTRY_DSN = getattr(configuration, 'SENTRY_DSN', DEFAULT_SENTRY_DSN)
 SENTRY_ENABLED = getattr(configuration, 'SENTRY_ENABLED', False)
 SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE = getattr(configuration, 'SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE', 1.0)