diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/oauth.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/oauth.py
index f60e2ff60..3a35df67f 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/oauth.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/oauth.py
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ class OAuthManager:
             oauth_allowed_roles = auth_manager_config.OAUTH_ALLOWED_ROLES
             oauth_admin_roles = auth_manager_config.OAUTH_ADMIN_ROLES
             oauth_roles = None
-            role = "pending"  # Default/fallback role if no matching roles are found
+            role = (
+                auth_manager_config.DEFAULT_USER_ROLE
+            )  # Default/fallback role if no matching roles are found
 
             # Next block extracts the roles from the user data, accepting nested claims of any depth
             if oauth_claim and oauth_allowed_roles and oauth_admin_roles: