diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RecordingActivity.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RecordingActivity.java
index 2660d72948f0558e4667b80838fad508f0062c91..8795c92d95040f4a9dcaab050bd8ea8949bbc85a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RecordingActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RecordingActivity.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class RecordingActivity extends BaseActivity implements View.OnClickListe
             outputFormat = MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.OGG;
             mRecorder.setOutputFormat(outputFormat);
             mRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.OPUS);
+            mRecorder.setAudioSamplingRate(48000);
             mRecorder.setAudioEncodingBitRate(32000);
         } else if ("mpeg4".equals(userChosenCodec) || !Config.USE_OPUS_VOICE_MESSAGES) {
             outputFormat = MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.MPEG_4;