diff --git a/egs/libriheavy/LM/zipformer1/train.py b/egs/libriheavy/LM/zipformer1/train.py
index 080bed8cc..84f94d99e 100755
--- a/egs/libriheavy/LM/zipformer1/train.py
+++ b/egs/libriheavy/LM/zipformer1/train.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def get_parser():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--base-lr",
         type=float,
-        default=0.045,
+        default=0.025,
         help="The base learning rate."
     )