diff --git a/changelog.d/gun-default.change b/changelog.d/gun-default.change
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97ca20903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/gun-default.change
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Gun is now the default HTTP client instead of Hackney
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diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index ec176df1d..656e70ff8 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ config :mime, :types, %{
   "image/apng" => ["apng"]
 }
 
-config :tesla, adapter: Tesla.Adapter.Hackney
+config :tesla, adapter: Tesla.Adapter.Gun
 
 # Hackney 4 shares one HTTP/2 connection per host, and closing one response
 # (as the media proxy does) stops it for every other stream on it.
diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index 0275d2be0..0460caf26 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -541,6 +541,15 @@ Available caches:
 
 ## HTTP client
 
+Pleroma uses [Gun](https://github.com/ninenines/gun) for outgoing HTTP requests. To use Hackney instead:
+
+```elixir
+config :tesla, adapter: Tesla.Adapter.Hackney
+```
+
+!!! note
+    With Hackney, size limits for fetched responses (for example for link previews) are checked only after Hackney has read the whole response. They limit what Pleroma keeps, not how much it downloads or holds in memory. Gun stops reading at the limit.
+
 ### :http
 
 * `proxy_url`: an upstream proxy to fetch posts and/or media with, (default: `nil`)
@@ -550,6 +559,8 @@ Available caches:
 
 ### :hackney_pools
 
+*For `hackney` adapter*
+
 Advanced. Tweaks Hackney (http client) connections pools.
 
 There's three pools used:
diff --git a/test/pleroma/http/default_adapter_test.exs b/test/pleroma/http/default_adapter_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4f57dfa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pleroma/http/default_adapter_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2022 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.DefaultAdapterTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  # The test environment uses Tesla.Mock, and config.exs imports the config
+  # of the current Mix env, so check the shipped default in the file itself.
+  test "Gun is the default HTTP client" do
+    assert File.read!("config/config.exs") =~ ~r/^config :tesla, adapter: Tesla.Adapter.Gun$/m
+  end
+end