diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index 3121b592160cc..f1ce11e3ee7fe 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -3001,7 +3001,7 @@ object SQLConf {
         "SQL executions.")
       .version("4.0.0")
       .booleanConf
-      .createWithDefault(false)
+      .createWithDefault(true)
 
   val SORT_MERGE_JOIN_EXEC_BUFFER_IN_MEMORY_THRESHOLD =
     buildConf("spark.sql.sortMergeJoinExec.buffer.in.memory.threshold")