diff --git a/.changes/xdg-portal-default-gtk4.md b/.changes/xdg-portal-default-gtk4.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9469414e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/xdg-portal-default-gtk4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"dialog": minor
+"dialog-js": minor
+---
+
+Make `xdg-portal` the default backend on Linux for GTK4 compatibility.
diff --git a/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml b/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml
index f2a67f1b29..7a82b882dc 100644
--- a/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/dialog/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 links = "tauri-plugin-dialog"
 
 [features]
-default = ["gtk3"]
-xdg-portal = ["rfd/xdg-portal", "rfd/tokio", "rfd/wayland"]
+default = ["xdg-portal"]
+xdg-portal = ["rfd/xdg-portal", "rfd/wayland"]
 gtk3 = ["rfd/gtk3"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ tauri-plugin-fs = { path = "../fs", version = "2.4.5" }
 tauri = { workspace = true, features = ["wry"] }
 
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"macos\", windows, target_os = \"linux\", target_os = \"dragonfly\", target_os = \"freebsd\", target_os = \"openbsd\", target_os = \"netbsd\"))".dependencies]
-rfd = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = [
+rfd = { version = "0.17", default-features = false, features = [
   "common-controls-v6",
 ] }