diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
index 0136193a0e..9f42aa8204 100644
--- a/ultralytics/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ultralytics YOLO 🚀, AGPL-3.0 license
 
-__version__ = '8.0.226'
+__version__ = '8.0.227'
 
 from ultralytics.models import RTDETR, SAM, YOLO
 from ultralytics.models.fastsam import FastSAM
diff --git a/ultralytics/cfg/__init__.py b/ultralytics/cfg/__init__.py
index 652e8fc29c..88ef91db6c 100644
--- a/ultralytics/cfg/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/cfg/__init__.py
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def entrypoint(debug=''):
         LOGGER.warning(f"WARNING ⚠️ 'source' is missing. Using default 'source={overrides['source']}'.")
     elif mode in ('train', 'val'):
         if 'data' not in overrides and 'resume' not in overrides:
-            overrides['data'] = TASK2DATA.get(task or DEFAULT_CFG.task, DEFAULT_CFG.data)
+            overrides['data'] = DEFAULT_CFG.data or TASK2DATA.get(task or DEFAULT_CFG.task, DEFAULT_CFG.data)
             LOGGER.warning(f"WARNING ⚠️ 'data' is missing. Using default 'data={overrides['data']}'.")
     elif mode == 'export':
         if 'format' not in overrides:
diff --git a/ultralytics/engine/model.py b/ultralytics/engine/model.py
index 154276289b..af3a85077d 100644
--- a/ultralytics/engine/model.py
+++ b/ultralytics/engine/model.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class Model(nn.Module):
         checks.check_pip_update_available()
 
         overrides = yaml_load(checks.check_yaml(kwargs['cfg'])) if kwargs.get('cfg') else self.overrides
-        custom = {'data': TASK2DATA[self.task]}  # method defaults
+        custom = {'data': DEFAULT_CFG_DICT['data'] or TASK2DATA[self.task]}  # method defaults
         args = {**overrides, **custom, **kwargs, 'mode': 'train'}  # highest priority args on the right
         if args.get('resume'):
             args['resume'] = self.ckpt_path