diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6aed91c7..ce22679ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to `hap-nodejs` will be documented in this file. This project tries to adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Next Release
+
+### Changes
+
+- Set `Ciao` as the default Advertiser
+
 ## v1.0.0 (2024-07-10)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/src/lib/Accessory.ts b/src/lib/Accessory.ts
index 1784fec42..e99b458f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/Accessory.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Accessory.ts
@@ -1186,19 +1186,19 @@ export class Accessory extends EventEmitter {
     // create our Advertiser which broadcasts our presence over mdns
     const parsed = Accessory.parseBindOption(info);
 
-    let selectedAdvertiser = info.advertiser ?? MDNSAdvertiser.BONJOUR;
+    info.advertiser ??= MDNSAdvertiser.CIAO;
     if (
       (info.advertiser === MDNSAdvertiser.AVAHI && !await AvahiAdvertiser.isAvailable()) ||
       (info.advertiser === MDNSAdvertiser.RESOLVED && !await ResolvedAdvertiser.isAvailable())
     ) {
       console.error(
         `[${this.displayName}] The selected advertiser, "${info.advertiser}", isn't available on this platform. ` +
-        `Reverting to "${MDNSAdvertiser.BONJOUR}"`,
+        `Reverting to "${MDNSAdvertiser.CIAO}"`,
       );
-      selectedAdvertiser = MDNSAdvertiser.BONJOUR;
+      info.advertiser = MDNSAdvertiser.CIAO;
     }
 
-    switch (selectedAdvertiser) {
+    switch (info.advertiser) {
     case MDNSAdvertiser.CIAO:
       this._advertiser = new CiaoAdvertiser(this._accessoryInfo, {
         interface: parsed.advertiserAddress,