diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
index 432988962dea1..30bbaeceb1b9a 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ object DataSourceReadOptions {
 
   val ENABLE_DATA_SKIPPING: ConfigProperty[Boolean] = ConfigProperty
     .key("hoodie.enable.data.skipping")
-    .defaultValue(true)
+    .defaultValue(false)
     .sinceVersion("0.10.0")
     .withDocumentation("Enables data-skipping allowing queries to leverage indexes to reduce the search space by " +
       "skipping over files")