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 10cd057d9562c..36c20f1907707 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
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ object SQLConf {
         s"is ${ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_APPLY_FINAL_STAGE_SHUFFLE_OPTIMIZATIONS.key}.")
       .version("3.2.0")
       .booleanConf
-      .createWithDefault(false)
+      .createWithDefault(true)
 
   val DEFAULT_CACHE_STORAGE_LEVEL = buildConf("spark.sql.defaultCacheStorageLevel")
     .doc("The default storage level of `dataset.cache()`, `catalog.cacheTable()` and " +