diff --git a/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/NameExtractor.scala b/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/NameExtractor.scala
index 564a56eb..dd264f65 100644
--- a/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/NameExtractor.scala
+++ b/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/NameExtractor.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ case class NameExtractor(typeInfo: TypeInfo) {
     */
   def fullName: String = namespace.trim() match {
     case "" => name
-    case otherwise => namespace + "." + name
+    case _ => namespace + "." + name
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaFor.scala b/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaFor.scala
index 49fb8b5f..94be1400 100644
--- a/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaFor.scala
+++ b/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaFor.scala
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ object SchemaFor
     with ByteIterableSchemaFors
     with BaseSchemaFors {
 
-  def apply[T](schema: Schema, fieldMapper: FieldMapper = DefaultFieldMapper) = {
+  def apply[T](schema: Schema, fieldMapper: FieldMapper = DefaultFieldMapper): Typeclass[T] = {
     val s = schema
     val fm = fieldMapper
     new SchemaFor[T] {
diff --git a/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaHelper.scala b/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaHelper.scala
index a8728d25..cce153a5 100644
--- a/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaHelper.scala
+++ b/avro4s-core/src/main/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/SchemaHelper.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package com.sksamuel.avro4s
 
-import org.apache.avro.{JsonProperties, Schema}
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8
+import org.apache.avro.{JsonProperties, Schema, SchemaBuilder}
 
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
 
@@ -140,21 +140,27 @@ object SchemaHelper {
       case Schema.Type.RECORD =>
         val fields = schema.getFields.asScala.map { field =>
           new Schema.Field(field.name(),
-                           overrideNamespace(field.schema(), namespace),
-                           field.doc,
-                           field.defaultVal,
-                           field.order)
+            overrideNamespace(field.schema(), namespace),
+            field.doc,
+            field.defaultVal,
+            field.order)
         }
         val copy = Schema.createRecord(schema.getName, schema.getDoc, namespace, schema.isError, fields.asJava)
         schema.getAliases.asScala.foreach(copy.addAlias)
         schema.getObjectProps.asScala.foreach { case (k, v) => copy.addProp(k, v) }
         copy
       case Schema.Type.UNION => Schema.createUnion(schema.getTypes.asScala.map(overrideNamespace(_, namespace)).asJava)
-      case Schema.Type.ENUM  => Schema.createEnum(schema.getName, schema.getDoc, namespace, schema.getEnumSymbols)
+      case Schema.Type.ENUM =>
+        val symbols = schema.getEnumSymbols.asScala.toArray[String]
+        SchemaBuilder.enumeration(schema.getName)
+          .namespace(namespace)
+          .doc(schema.getDoc)
+          .defaultSymbol(schema.getEnumDefault)
+          .symbols(symbols: _*)
       case Schema.Type.FIXED => Schema.createFixed(schema.getName, schema.getDoc, namespace, schema.getFixedSize)
-      case Schema.Type.MAP   => Schema.createMap(overrideNamespace(schema.getValueType, namespace))
+      case Schema.Type.MAP => Schema.createMap(overrideNamespace(schema.getValueType, namespace))
       case Schema.Type.ARRAY => Schema.createArray(overrideNamespace(schema.getElementType, namespace))
-      case _                 => schema
+      case _ => schema
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/avro4s-core/src/test/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/schema/EnumSchemaTest.scala b/avro4s-core/src/test/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/schema/EnumSchemaTest.scala
index a184dbaa..93c1983d 100644
--- a/avro4s-core/src/test/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/schema/EnumSchemaTest.scala
+++ b/avro4s-core/src/test/scala/com/sksamuel/avro4s/schema/EnumSchemaTest.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.sksamuel.avro4s.schema
 
-import com.sksamuel.avro4s.{AvroEnumDefault, AvroName, AvroNamespace, AvroProp, AvroSchema, AvroSortPriority, JavaEnumSchemaFor, ScalaEnumSchemaFor, SchemaFor}
+import com.sksamuel.avro4s.{AvroEnumDefault, AvroName, AvroNamespace, AvroProp, AvroSchema, AvroSortPriority, AvroUnionPosition, JavaEnumSchemaFor, ScalaEnumSchemaFor, SchemaFor}
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
 import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
 
@@ -776,6 +776,37 @@ class EnumSchemaTest extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
 
       schema.toString(true) shouldBe expected.toString(true)
     }
+
+    "changing enum namespace should preserve defaults" in {
+      val schema = AvroSchema[Bowl]
+      val expected = new org.apache.avro.Schema.Parser().parse(
+        """
+      {
+        "type": "record",
+        "name": "Bowl",
+        "namespace": "com.fruit",
+        "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "fruit",
+          "type": {
+            "type": "enum",
+            "name": "Fruit",
+            "namespace": "com.fruit.bowl",
+            "symbols": [
+              "Unknown",
+              "Orange",
+              "Mango"
+            ],
+            "default": "Unknown"
+          },
+          "default": "Mango"
+        }
+        ]
+      }
+      """
+      )
+      schema.toString(true) shouldBe expected.toString(true)
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -800,3 +831,13 @@ sealed trait CupcatAnnotatedEnum
 @AvroSortPriority(0) case object SnoutleyAnnotatedEnum extends CupcatAnnotatedEnum
 @AvroSortPriority(1) case object CuppersAnnotatedEnum extends CupcatAnnotatedEnum
 
+@AvroEnumDefault(Unknown)
+@AvroNamespace("com.default.package")
+sealed trait Fruit
+
+@AvroUnionPosition(0) case object Unknown extends Fruit
+@AvroUnionPosition(1) case object Orange  extends Fruit
+@AvroUnionPosition(2) case object Mango   extends Fruit
+
+@AvroNamespace("com.fruit")
+case class Bowl(@AvroNamespace("com.fruit.bowl") fruit: Fruit = Mango)
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