diff --git a/addons/l10n_sa/account.chart.template.xml b/addons/l10n_sa/account.chart.template.xml
index c5e0e13d574..3d6c60379b2 100644
--- a/addons/l10n_sa/account.chart.template.xml
+++ b/addons/l10n_sa/account.chart.template.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <field name="bank_account_code_prefix">1</field>
             <field name="cash_account_code_prefix">1</field>
             <field name="code_digits">6</field>
-            <field name="currency_id" ref="base.EGP"/>
+            <field name="currency_id" ref="base.SAR"/>
             <field name="transfer_account_id" ref="transfer_account"/>
             <field name="spoken_languages" eval="'en_US;ar_EG;ar_SY'"/>
         </record>