diff --git a/.github/.keepalive b/.github/.keepalive
deleted file mode 100644
index 78ea366..0000000
--- a/.github/.keepalive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2024-01-01T05:41:14.712Z
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index f7aca1b..e6e7482 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023 The Stdlib Authors.
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 The Stdlib Authors.
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0746b8b..0bda32c 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-"use strict";var s=function(a,e){return function(){return e||a((e={exports:{}}).exports,e),e.exports}};var l=s(function(x,t){
-var u=require('@stdlib/complex-float64/dist'),i=require('@stdlib/complex-float32/dist'),n=require('@stdlib/array-full/dist'),o=new u(1,0),v=new i(1,0);function m(a){var e,r;return arguments.length>1?e=arguments[1]:e="float64",e==="complex128"?r=o:e==="complex64"?r=v:r=1,n(a,r,e)}t.exports=m
-});var p=l();module.exports=p;
+"use strict";var s=function(a,e){return function(){return e||a((e={exports:{}}).exports,e),e.exports}};var u=s(function(q,t){
+var l=require('@stdlib/complex-float64/dist'),i=require('@stdlib/complex-float32/dist'),v=require('@stdlib/array-full/dist'),n=require('@stdlib/array-defaults/dist'),o=new l(1,0),p=new i(1,0),f=n.get("dtypes.default");function m(a){var e,r;return arguments.length>1?e=arguments[1]:e=f,e==="complex128"?r=o:e==="complex64"?r=p:r=1,v(a,r,e)}t.exports=m
+});var x=u();module.exports=x;
 /** @license Apache-2.0 */
 //# sourceMappingURL=index.js.map
diff --git a/dist/index.js.map b/dist/index.js.map
index f2c123c..77451d7 100644
--- a/dist/index.js.map
+++ b/dist/index.js.map
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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   "version": 3,
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diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index e4e6514..c6c3a20 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
 var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float64' );
 var Complex64 = require( '@stdlib/complex-float32' );
 var full = require( '@stdlib/array-full' );
+var defaults = require( '@stdlib/array-defaults' );
 
 
 // VARIABLES //
 
 var Z128 = new Complex128( 1.0, 0.0 );
 var Z64 = new Complex64( 1.0, 0.0 );
+var DEFAULT_DTYPE = defaults.get( 'dtypes.default' );
 
 
 // MAIN //
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ function ones( length ) {
 	if ( arguments.length > 1 ) {
 		dtype = arguments[ 1 ];
 	} else {
-		dtype = 'float64';
+		dtype = DEFAULT_DTYPE;
 	}
 	if ( dtype === 'complex128' ) {
 		value = Z128;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6616155..e5e31c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@stdlib/array-defaults": "^0.1.0",
     "@stdlib/array-full": "^0.1.0",
     "@stdlib/complex-float32": "^0.1.1",
     "@stdlib/complex-float64": "^0.1.1",