diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart
index fb5f1a40b637c..058600987bf0f 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class WebExperiments {
 
   static const bool _defaultUseCanvasRichText = const bool.fromEnvironment(
     'FLUTTER_WEB_USE_EXPERIMENTAL_CANVAS_RICH_TEXT',
-    defaultValue: false,
+    defaultValue: true,
   );
 
   bool _useCanvasRichText = _defaultUseCanvasRichText;
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart
index 5102846e5c84e..c38de84767e7e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:ui/src/engine.dart';
 
 const bool _defaultUseCanvasText = true;
-const bool _defaultUseCanvasRichText = false;
+const bool _defaultUseCanvasRichText = true;
 
 void main() {
   internalBootstrapBrowserTest(() => testMain);
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_golden_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_golden_test.dart
index d8d1f1ce07fcc..b5604b81e68de 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_golden_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/canvas_golden_test.dart
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void testMain() async {
     canvas.drawParagraph(paragraph, const Offset(180, 50));
 
     expect(
-      canvas.rootElement.querySelectorAll('p').map<String>((e) => e.innerText).toList(),
+      canvas.rootElement.querySelectorAll('p').map<String>((e) => e.text).toList(),
       <String>[text],
       reason: 'Expected to render text using HTML',
     );