diff --git a/changelogs/drizzle-kit/0.32.4.md b/changelogs/drizzle-kit/0.32.4.md
index 44cea828c5..491987e8a6 100644
--- a/changelogs/drizzle-kit/0.32.4.md
+++ b/changelogs/drizzle-kit/0.32.4.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ### PostgreSQL bug fixes
 
 Added columns are now created before primary keys that use them. Unique constraints and indexes are now created before dependent foreign keys.
+
+PostgreSQL introspection now preserves JSON and JSONB expression defaults instead of parsing them as JSON literals.
diff --git a/drizzle-kit/src/introspect-pg.ts b/drizzle-kit/src/introspect-pg.ts
index 4bb65ee0ca..9f22681e35 100644
--- a/drizzle-kit/src/introspect-pg.ts
+++ b/drizzle-kit/src/introspect-pg.ts
@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@ const mapDefault = (
 	}
 
 	if (lowered.startsWith('jsonb')) {
+		if (isExpression) {
+			return `.default(${mapColumnDefault(defaultValue, true)})`;
+		}
+
 		const def = typeof defaultValue !== 'undefined'
 			? defaultValue.replace(/::(.*?)(?<![^\w"])(?=$)/, '').slice(1, -1)
 			: null;
@@ -783,6 +787,10 @@ const mapDefault = (
 	}
 
 	if (lowered.startsWith('json')) {
+		if (isExpression) {
+			return `.default(${mapColumnDefault(defaultValue, true)})`;
+		}
+
 		const def = defaultValue ? defaultValue.replace(/::(.*?)(?<![^\w"])(?=$)/, '').slice(1, -1) : null;
 
 		return typeof defaultValue !== 'undefined' ? `.default(${def})` : '';
diff --git a/drizzle-kit/src/serializer/pgSerializer.ts b/drizzle-kit/src/serializer/pgSerializer.ts
index 88a74ab409..60883596ed 100644
--- a/drizzle-kit/src/serializer/pgSerializer.ts
+++ b/drizzle-kit/src/serializer/pgSerializer.ts
@@ -2038,6 +2038,7 @@ export const defaultForColumn = (column: any, internals: PgKitInternals, tableNa
 	) {
 		return undefined;
 	}
+	const originalColumnDefault = column.column_default.toString();
 
 	if (column.column_default.endsWith('[]')) {
 		column.column_default = column.column_default.slice(0, -2);
@@ -2082,6 +2083,26 @@ export const defaultForColumn = (column: any, internals: PgKitInternals, tableNa
 		// if numeric(1,1) and used '99' -> psql stores like '99'::numeric
 		return columnDefaultAsString.includes("'") ? columnDefaultAsString : `'${columnDefaultAsString}'`;
 	} else if (column.data_type === 'json' || column.data_type === 'jsonb') {
+		if (!columnDefaultAsString.startsWith("'") || !columnDefaultAsString.endsWith("'")) {
+			if (typeof internals!.tables![tableName] === 'undefined') {
+				internals!.tables![tableName] = {
+					columns: {
+						[columnName]: {
+							isDefaultAnExpression: true,
+						},
+					},
+				};
+			} else if (typeof internals!.tables![tableName]!.columns[columnName] === 'undefined') {
+				internals!.tables![tableName]!.columns[columnName] = {
+					isDefaultAnExpression: true,
+				};
+			} else {
+				internals!.tables![tableName]!.columns[columnName]!.isDefaultAnExpression = true;
+			}
+
+			return originalColumnDefault;
+		}
+
 		const jsonWithoutSpaces = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(columnDefaultAsString.slice(1, -1)));
 		return `'${jsonWithoutSpaces}'::${column.data_type}`;
 	} else if (column.data_type === 'boolean') {
diff --git a/drizzle-kit/tests/pg-json-defaults.test.ts b/drizzle-kit/tests/pg-json-defaults.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..802934835b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drizzle-kit/tests/pg-json-defaults.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import { introspectPgDB } from '../src/api';
+import type { DrizzlePgDB } from '../src/api';
+import { schemaToTypeScript } from '../src/introspect-pg';
+import { fromDatabase } from '../src/serializer/pgSerializer';
+
+const columnRow = {
+	table_name: 'items',
+	is_nullable: 'YES',
+	array_dimensions: 0,
+	data_type: 'jsonb',
+	seq_name: null,
+	additional_dt: 'jsonb',
+	enum_name: 'jsonb',
+	is_generated: 'NEVER',
+	generation_expression: null,
+	is_identity: 'NO',
+	identity_generation: null,
+	identity_start: null,
+	identity_increment: null,
+	identity_maximum: null,
+	identity_minimum: null,
+	identity_cycle: 'NO',
+	type_schema: 'pg_catalog',
+};
+
+function databaseWithDefault(columnDefault: string): DrizzlePgDB {
+	const query = async (sql: string): Promise<Record<string, unknown>[]> => {
+		if (sql.includes("c.relkind IN ('r', 'v', 'm')")) {
+			return [{ table_schema: 'public', table_name: 'items', type: 'table', rls_enabled: false }];
+		}
+		if (sql.includes('a.attndims AS array_dimensions')) {
+			return [{ ...columnRow, column_name: 'payload', column_default: columnDefault }];
+		}
+
+		return [];
+	};
+
+	return { query } as DrizzlePgDB;
+}
+
+test('introspects a jsonb expression default without parsing it as JSON', async () => {
+	const expression = "jsonb_build_object('kind'::text, 'record'::text)";
+	const schema = await introspectPgDB(databaseWithDefault(expression), [], ['public']);
+
+	expect(schema.tables['public.items']!.columns.payload!.default).toBe(expression);
+});
+
+test('normalizes a quoted jsonb literal default', async () => {
+	const schema = await introspectPgDB(databaseWithDefault(`'{"kind": "record"}'::jsonb`), [], ['public']);
+
+	expect(schema.tables['public.items']!.columns.payload!.default).toBe(`'{"kind":"record"}'::jsonb`);
+});
+
+test('preserves casts and generates SQL for jsonb expression defaults', async () => {
+	const expression = "current_setting('app.payload')::jsonb";
+	const schema = await fromDatabase(databaseWithDefault(expression), () => true, ['public']);
+
+	expect(schema.tables['public.items']!.columns.payload!.default).toBe(expression);
+	expect(schemaToTypeScript(schema, 'preserve').file).toContain(`.default(sql\`${expression}\`)`);
+});