diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
index 7b0fcf3433cf..143dd0c44ce8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ package object config {
         "each event log file to the configured size.")
       .version("3.0.0")
       .booleanConf
-      .createWithDefault(false)
+      .createWithDefault(true)
 
   private[spark] val EVENT_LOG_ROLLING_MAX_FILE_SIZE =
     ConfigBuilder("spark.eventLog.rolling.maxFileSize")
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
index 88f015f864de..7ebb0165e620 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
         "--conf", "spark.master.rest.enabled=false",
         "--conf", "spark.executorEnv.HADOOP_CREDSTORE_PASSWORD=secret_password",
         "--conf", "spark.eventLog.enabled=true",
+        "--conf", "spark.eventLog.rolling.enabled=false",
         "--conf", "spark.eventLog.testing=true",
         "--conf", s"spark.eventLog.dir=${testDirPath.toUri.toString}",
         "--conf", "spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS=unsupported://example.com",
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogFileWritersSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogFileWritersSuite.scala
index 455e2e18b11e..b575cbc080c0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogFileWritersSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogFileWritersSuite.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ abstract class EventLogFileWritersSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkCon
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_DIR, testDir.toString)
 
     // default config
-    buildWriterAndVerify(conf, classOf[SingleEventLogFileWriter])
+    buildWriterAndVerify(conf, classOf[RollingEventLogFilesWriter])
 
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_ENABLE_ROLLING, true)
     buildWriterAndVerify(conf, classOf[RollingEventLogFilesWriter])
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogTestHelper.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogTestHelper.scala
index ea8da0108592..ac89f60955ee 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogTestHelper.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/EventLogTestHelper.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ object EventLogTestHelper {
   def getLoggingConf(logDir: Path, compressionCodec: Option[String] = None): SparkConf = {
     val conf = new SparkConf
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_ENABLED, true)
+    conf.set(EVENT_LOG_ENABLE_ROLLING, false)
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_BLOCK_UPDATES, true)
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_TESTING, true)
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_DIR, logDir.toString)
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListenerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListenerSuite.scala
index cd8fac2c6570..939923e12b8e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListenerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListenerSuite.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkHadoopUtil
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.history.{EventLogFileReader, SingleEventLogFileWriter}
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.history.EventLogTestHelper._
 import org.apache.spark.executor.{ExecutorMetrics, TaskMetrics}
-import org.apache.spark.internal.config.{EVENT_LOG_COMPRESS, EVENT_LOG_DIR, EVENT_LOG_ENABLED}
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.{EVENT_LOG_COMPRESS, EVENT_LOG_DIR, EVENT_LOG_ENABLE_ROLLING, EVENT_LOG_ENABLED}
 import org.apache.spark.io._
 import org.apache.spark.metrics.{ExecutorMetricType, MetricsSystem}
 import org.apache.spark.resource.ResourceProfile
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class EventLoggingListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext wit
   test("SPARK-31764: isBarrier should be logged in event log") {
     val conf = new SparkConf()
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_ENABLED, true)
+    conf.set(EVENT_LOG_ENABLE_ROLLING, false)
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_COMPRESS, false)
     conf.set(EVENT_LOG_DIR, testDirPath.toString)
     val sc = new SparkContext("local", "test-SPARK-31764", conf)
diff --git a/docs/core-migration-guide.md b/docs/core-migration-guide.md
index fb9471d0c1ae..09ba4b474e97 100644
--- a/docs/core-migration-guide.md
+++ b/docs/core-migration-guide.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ license: |
 
 ## Upgrading from Core 3.5 to 4.0
 
+- Since Spark 4.0, Spark will roll event logs to archive them incrementally. To restore the behavior before Spark 4.0, you can set `spark.eventLog.rolling.enabled` to `false`.
+
 - Since Spark 4.0, Spark will compress event logs. To restore the behavior before Spark 4.0, you can set `spark.eventLog.compress` to `false`.
 
 - Since Spark 4.0, `spark.shuffle.service.db.backend` is set to `ROCKSDB` by default which means Spark will use RocksDB store for shuffle service. To restore the behavior before Spark 4.0, you can set `spark.shuffle.service.db.backend` to `LEVELDB`.