diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
index 2176a8db160..f27d557c473 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 /* Blender file format version. */
 #define BLENDER_FILE_VERSION BLENDER_VERSION
-#define BLENDER_FILE_SUBVERSION 82
+#define BLENDER_FILE_SUBVERSION 83
 
 /* Minimum Blender version that supports reading file written with the current
  * version. Older Blender versions will test this and cancel loading the file, showing a warning to
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/softbody.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/softbody.cc
index c5af4090da7..2dee8200373 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/softbody.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/softbody.cc
@@ -3140,6 +3140,7 @@ SoftBody *sbNew()
   sb->maxloops = 300;
 
   sb->choke = 3;
+  sb->fuzzyness = 1;
   sb_new_scratch(sb);
   /* TODO: backward file compatibility should set `sb->shearstiff = 1.0f` while reading old files.
    */
diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_450.cc b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_450.cc
index a2e72766f6f..6851001ce8c 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_450.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_450.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "DNA_defaults.h"
 #include "DNA_light_types.h"
 #include "DNA_mesh_types.h"
+#include "DNA_object_force_types.h"
 #include "DNA_sequence_types.h"
 
 #include "BLI_listbase.h"
@@ -6094,6 +6095,13 @@ void blo_do_versions_450(FileData * /*fd*/, Library * /*lib*/, Main *bmain)
     }
   }
 
+  if (!MAIN_VERSION_FILE_ATLEAST(bmain, 405, 83)) {
+    LISTBASE_FOREACH (Object *, ob, &bmain->objects) {
+      if (ob->soft) {
+        ob->soft->fuzzyness = std::max<int>(1, ob->soft->fuzzyness);
+      }
+    }
+  }
   /* Always run this versioning (keep at the bottom of the function). Meshes are written with the
    * legacy format which always needs to be converted to the new format on file load. To be moved
    * to a subversion check in 5.0. */
diff --git a/tests/files/physics/softbody_test.blend b/tests/files/physics/softbody_test.blend
index 18d37fb5f1d..4ddfff80be4 100644
--- a/tests/files/physics/softbody_test.blend
+++ b/tests/files/physics/softbody_test.blend
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:2bd2c2a520cb0be78c1cf27aa5d584617f2d22c0a446bdb264a16872a7085b42
-size 580770
+oid sha256:4769c79f02b4d07cdcefdf834211e5b0208f3be26ce619c2863de32bb306e0bc
+size 1300230