diff --git a/asdf.asd b/asdf.asd
index 4a4be583a6dec2ff4b396cdc721ba0a680fce67d..3a6ba97f2b03b2c3488bf02f41637be5979906fc 100644
--- a/asdf.asd
+++ b/asdf.asd
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   :licence "MIT"
   :description "Another System Definition Facility"
   :long-description "ASDF builds Common Lisp software organized into defined systems."
-  :version "2.30.1" ;; to be automatically updated by make bump-version
+  :version "2.30.2" ;; to be automatically updated by make bump-version
   :depends-on ()
   #+asdf3 :encoding #+asdf3 :utf-8
   ;; For most purposes, asdf itself specially counts as a builtin system.
diff --git a/header.lisp b/header.lisp
index 9e0608e19b5293a0ca014d4d9995eeb524a36608..c8f476dd4b1e8e425d5d403f4ca5f6072fe5d9c9 100644
--- a/header.lisp
+++ b/header.lisp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; -*- mode: Common-Lisp; Base: 10 ; Syntax: ANSI-Common-Lisp -*-
-;;; This is ASDF 2.30.1: Another System Definition Facility.
+;;; This is ASDF 2.30.2: Another System Definition Facility.
 ;;;
 ;;; Feedback, bug reports, and patches are all welcome:
 ;;; please mail to <asdf-devel@common-lisp.net>.
diff --git a/stream.lisp b/stream.lisp
index 008f00ce56698b5350a4bc9d99799e7a8b3a314e..f230172224164ef4f7ef715385de1352dcfb7388 100644
--- a/stream.lisp
+++ b/stream.lisp
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@
 
 ;;; Encodings (mostly hooks only; full support requires asdf-encodings)
 (with-upgradability ()
-  (defvar *default-encoding* :utf-8
+  (defparameter *default-encoding*
+    ;; preserve explicit user changes to something other than the legacy default :default
+    (or (if-let (previous (and (boundp '*default-encoding*) (symbol-value '*default-encoding*)))
+          (unless (eq previous :default) previous))
+        :utf-8)
     "Default encoding for source files.
 The default value :utf-8 is the portable thing.
 The legacy behavior was :default.
-If you (load-system :asdf-encodings) then
-you will have autodetection via *encoding-detection-hook*,
+If you (asdf:load-system :asdf-encodings) then
+you will have autodetection via *encoding-detection-hook* below,
 reading emacs-style -*- coding: utf-8 -*- specifications,
 and falling back to utf-8 or latin1 if nothing is specified.")
 
diff --git a/upgrade.lisp b/upgrade.lisp
index 7f08a008eeef6d27a97d1ad9b2ce3d5371b4e949..90e89681f3df08541cdff6469aee06d5e555c357 100644
--- a/upgrade.lisp
+++ b/upgrade.lisp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ You can compare this string with e.g.: (ASDF:VERSION-SATISFIES (ASDF:ASDF-VERSIO
          ;; "3.4.5.67" would be a development version in the official upstream of 3.4.5.
          ;; "3.4.5.0.8" would be your eighth local modification of official release 3.4.5
          ;; "3.4.5.67.8" would be your eighth local modification of development version 3.4.5.67
-         (asdf-version "2.30.1")
+         (asdf-version "2.30.2")
          (existing-version (asdf-version)))
     (setf *asdf-version* asdf-version)
     (when (and existing-version (not (equal asdf-version existing-version)))
diff --git a/version.lisp-expr b/version.lisp-expr
index 5b9b336c97f43fc65881c820c70628fe2be5f3a5..4b76984cdb453a9b67ae32fac8a0b3e442c8551a 100644
--- a/version.lisp-expr
+++ b/version.lisp-expr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"2.30.1"
+"2.30.2"