diff --git a/search_commands.go b/search_commands.go
index ede084e4e..a4278e468 100644
--- a/search_commands.go
+++ b/search_commands.go
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ func FTAggregateQuery(query string, options *FTAggregateOptions) AggregateQuery
 		}
 		if options.DialectVersion > 0 {
 			queryArgs = append(queryArgs, "DIALECT", options.DialectVersion)
+		} else {
+			queryArgs = append(queryArgs, "DIALECT", 2)
 		}
 	}
 	return queryArgs
@@ -767,6 +769,8 @@ func (c cmdable) FTAggregateWithArgs(ctx context.Context, index string, query st
 		}
 		if options.DialectVersion > 0 {
 			args = append(args, "DIALECT", options.DialectVersion)
+		} else {
+			args = append(args, "DIALECT", 2)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1128,6 +1132,8 @@ func (c cmdable) FTExplainWithArgs(ctx context.Context, index string, query stri
 	args := []interface{}{"FT.EXPLAIN", index, query}
 	if options.Dialect != "" {
 		args = append(args, "DIALECT", options.Dialect)
+	} else {
+		args = append(args, "DIALECT", 2)
 	}
 	cmd := NewStringCmd(ctx, args...)
 	_ = c(ctx, cmd)
@@ -1425,6 +1431,8 @@ func (c cmdable) FTSpellCheckWithArgs(ctx context.Context, index string, query s
 		}
 		if options.Dialect > 0 {
 			args = append(args, "DIALECT", options.Dialect)
+		} else {
+			args = append(args, "DIALECT", 2)
 		}
 	}
 	cmd := newFTSpellCheckCmd(ctx, args...)
@@ -1789,6 +1797,8 @@ func FTSearchQuery(query string, options *FTSearchOptions) SearchQuery {
 		}
 		if options.DialectVersion > 0 {
 			queryArgs = append(queryArgs, "DIALECT", options.DialectVersion)
+		} else {
+			queryArgs = append(queryArgs, "DIALECT", 2)
 		}
 	}
 	return queryArgs
@@ -1903,6 +1913,8 @@ func (c cmdable) FTSearchWithArgs(ctx context.Context, index string, query strin
 		}
 		if options.DialectVersion > 0 {
 			args = append(args, "DIALECT", options.DialectVersion)
+		} else {
+			args = append(args, "DIALECT", 2)
 		}
 	}
 	cmd := newFTSearchCmd(ctx, options, args...)