diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
index 5c825880ff5e5..ae89e6937ce97 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ public static void validateStoreTypeSetting(Settings indexSettings) {
     }
 
     public static boolean useRefreshBlock(Settings settings) {
-        return DiscoveryNode.isStateless(settings) && settings.getAsBoolean(USE_INDEX_REFRESH_BLOCK_SETTING_NAME, false);
+        return DiscoveryNode.isStateless(settings) && settings.getAsBoolean(USE_INDEX_REFRESH_BLOCK_SETTING_NAME, true);
     }
 
     static ClusterBlocksTransformer createClusterBlocksTransformerForIndexCreation(Settings settings) {