diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 557600d0..ddab9928 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ impl TryFrom<DateTime> for OffsetDateTime {
     }
 }
 
-pub const DEFAULT_VERSION: u8 = 46;
+pub const DEFAULT_VERSION: u8 = 45;
 
 /// Structure representing a ZIP file.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -617,9 +617,7 @@ impl ZipFileData {
             extra_data_start,
             aes_extra_data_start,
         };
-        local_block.version_made_by = local_block
-            .version_made_by
-            .max(local_block.version_needed() as u8);
+        local_block.version_made_by = local_block.version_needed() as u8;
         local_block
     }
 
diff --git a/src/write.rs b/src/write.rs
index b63d1de4..7f033794 100644
--- a/src/write.rs
+++ b/src/write.rs
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Seek> ZipWriter<W> {
     fn write_central_and_footer(&mut self) -> Result<u64, ZipError> {
         let writer = self.inner.get_plain();
 
-        let mut version_needed = 10;
+        let mut version_needed = 10; // Lowest value; even an empty ZIP file needs 1.0
         let central_start = writer.stream_position()?;
         for file in self.files.values() {
             write_central_directory_header(writer, file)?;
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Seek> ZipWriter<W> {
             || central_size.max(central_start) > spec::ZIP64_BYTES_THR
         {
             let zip64_footer = spec::Zip64CentralDirectoryEnd {
-                version_made_by: version_needed.max(DEFAULT_VERSION as u16),
+                version_made_by: version_needed,
                 version_needed_to_extract: version_needed,
                 disk_number: 0,
                 disk_with_central_directory: 0,