diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/smith/evaluation/config.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/smith/evaluation/config.py
index cbdd790e22861..69dc1c9efa1ed 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/smith/evaluation/config.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/smith/evaluation/config.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class ExactMatch(SingleKeyEvalConfig):
             Whether to ignore numbers when comparing strings.
         """
 
-        evaluator_type: EvaluatorType = EvaluatorType.STRING_DISTANCE
+        evaluator_type: EvaluatorType = EvaluatorType.EXACT_MATCH
         ignore_case: bool = False
         ignore_punctuation: bool = False
         ignore_numbers: bool = False