diff --git a/newsfragments/2846.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/2846.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f906cffd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/2846.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Set default block_identifier in ContractFunction.call() to None
+
diff --git a/web3/contract/async_contract.py b/web3/contract/async_contract.py
index eb5d77aac5..689249e9c1 100644
--- a/web3/contract/async_contract.py
+++ b/web3/contract/async_contract.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def factory(cls, class_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> "AsyncContractFunction":
     async def call(
         self,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         state_override: Optional[CallOverride] = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> Any:
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def __init__(
         w3: "AsyncWeb3",
         address: ChecksumAddress,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
         decode_tuples: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> None:
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ def __init__(
     def __call__(
         self,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> "AsyncContractCaller":
         if transaction is None:
diff --git a/web3/contract/base_contract.py b/web3/contract/base_contract.py
index 1b94272483..b74d93c335 100644
--- a/web3/contract/base_contract.py
+++ b/web3/contract/base_contract.py
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ def call_function(
         fn: TContractFn,
         *args: Any,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Any:
diff --git a/web3/contract/contract.py b/web3/contract/contract.py
index 9446afbaf6..904c4a4ec3 100644
--- a/web3/contract/contract.py
+++ b/web3/contract/contract.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def factory(cls, class_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> "ContractFunction":
     def call(
         self,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         state_override: Optional[CallOverride] = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> Any:
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ def __init__(
         w3: "Web3",
         address: ChecksumAddress,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
         decode_tuples: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> None:
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ def __init__(
     def __call__(
         self,
         transaction: Optional[TxParams] = None,
-        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = "latest",
+        block_identifier: BlockIdentifier = None,
         ccip_read_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> "ContractCaller":
         if transaction is None: