diff --git a/browser_tests/assets/default_input.json b/browser_tests/assets/default_input.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eff7b32361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_tests/assets/default_input.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "id": "9bcb9451-8319-492a-88d4-fb711d8c3d25",
+  "revision": 0,
+  "last_node_id": 6,
+  "last_link_id": 0,
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "id": 6,
+      "type": "DevToolsNodeWithDefaultInput",
+      "pos": [
+        8.39722728729248,
+        29.727279663085938
+      ],
+      "size": [
+        315,
+        82
+      ],
+      "flags": {},
+      "order": 0,
+      "mode": 0,
+      "inputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "float_input",
+          "shape": 7,
+          "type": "FLOAT",
+          "link": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "outputs": [],
+      "properties": {
+        "Node name for S&R": "DevToolsNodeWithDefaultInput"
+      },
+      "widgets_values": [
+        0,
+        1,
+        0
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "links": [],
+  "groups": [],
+  "config": {},
+  "extra": {
+    "ds": {
+      "scale": 2.1600300525920346,
+      "offset": [
+        63.071794466403446,
+        75.18055335968394
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "version": 0.4
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts b/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts
index 8712d903c8..1fa1976501 100644
--- a/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts
+++ b/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ test.describe('Optional input', () => {
     await expect(comfyPage.canvas).toHaveScreenshot('force_input.png')
   })
 
+  test('Default input', async ({ comfyPage }) => {
+    await comfyPage.loadWorkflow('default_input')
+    await expect(comfyPage.canvas).toHaveScreenshot('default_input.png')
+  })
+
   test('Only optional inputs', async ({ comfyPage }) => {
     await comfyPage.loadWorkflow('only_optional_inputs')
     expect(await comfyPage.getGraphNodesCount()).toBe(1)
diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts-snapshots/default-input-chromium-linux.png b/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts-snapshots/default-input-chromium-linux.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..899c92e8fa
Binary files /dev/null and b/browser_tests/tests/nodeDisplay.spec.ts-snapshots/default-input-chromium-linux.png differ
diff --git a/src/stores/nodeDefStore.ts b/src/stores/nodeDefStore.ts
index fec829e9d4..3541476a85 100644
--- a/src/stores/nodeDefStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/nodeDefStore.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { LGraphNode } from '@comfyorg/litegraph'
 import axios from 'axios'
+import _ from 'lodash'
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 
@@ -69,7 +70,41 @@ export class ComfyNodeDefImpl
   // ComfyNodeDefImpl fields
   readonly nodeSource: NodeSource
 
-  constructor(obj: ComfyNodeDefV1) {
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * Migrate default input options to forceInput.
+   */
+  static #migrateDefaultInput(nodeDef: ComfyNodeDefV1): ComfyNodeDefV1 {
+    const def = _.cloneDeep(nodeDef)
+    def.input ??= {}
+    // For required inputs, now we have the input socket always present. Specifying
+    // it now has no effect.
+    for (const [name, spec] of Object.entries(def.input.required ?? {})) {
+      const inputOptions = spec[1]
+      if (inputOptions && inputOptions.defaultInput) {
+        console.warn(
+          `Use of defaultInput on required input ${nodeDef.python_module}:${nodeDef.name}:${name} is deprecated. Please drop the defaultInput option.`
+        )
+      }
+    }
+    // For optional inputs, defaultInput is used to distinguish the null state.
+    // We migrate it to forceInput. One example is the "seed_override" input usage.
+    // User can connect the socket to override the seed.
+    for (const [name, spec] of Object.entries(def.input.optional ?? {})) {
+      const inputOptions = spec[1]
+      if (inputOptions && inputOptions.defaultInput) {
+        console.warn(
+          `Use of defaultInput on optional input ${nodeDef.python_module}:${nodeDef.name}:${name} is deprecated. Please use forceInput instead.`
+        )
+        inputOptions.forceInput = true
+      }
+    }
+    return def
+  }
+
+  constructor(def: ComfyNodeDefV1) {
+    const obj = ComfyNodeDefImpl.#migrateDefaultInput(def)
+
     /**
      * Assign extra fields to `this` for compatibility with group node feature.
      * TODO: Remove this once group node feature is removed.
diff --git a/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts b/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts
index e173c1b3de..c35f75bca2 100644
--- a/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/litegraph-augmentation.d.ts
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ declare module '@comfyorg/litegraph/dist/types/widgets' {
      * The minimum size of the node if the widget is present.
      */
     minNodeSize?: Size
-    /**
-     * Whether the widget defaults to input state. Can still be converted back
-     * to widget state.
-     * @deprecated Widget to input conversion is no longer necessary, as they co-exist now.
-     * This option no longer has any effect.
-     */
-    defaultInput?: boolean
   }
 
   interface IBaseWidget {