diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
index 80e4923bf19..93700888716 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed for lookdev library field not being refreshed upon opening a library from the environment library inspector.
 - Fixed serialization issue with matcap scale intensity.
 - Close Add Override popup of Volume Inspector when the popup looses focus (case 1258571)
+- Light quality setting for contact shadow set to on for High quality by default.
 
 ### Changed
 - Preparation pass for RTSSShadows to be supported by render graph.
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Settings/RenderPipelineSettings.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Settings/RenderPipelineSettings.cs
index e71f318eeb1..685e444654b 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Settings/RenderPipelineSettings.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Settings/RenderPipelineSettings.cs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public enum SupportedRayTracingMode
             xrSettings = GlobalXRSettings.NewDefault(),
             postProcessQualitySettings = GlobalPostProcessingQualitySettings.NewDefault(),
             lightingQualitySettings = GlobalLightingQualitySettings.NewDefault(),
+            lightSettings = LightSettings.NewDefault(),
 
             supportRayTracing = false,
             supportedRayTracingMode = SupportedRayTracingMode.Both,
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ public struct LightSettings
         {
             /// <summary>Enable contact shadows.</summary>
             public BoolScalableSetting useContactShadow;
+
+            internal static LightSettings NewDefault() => new LightSettings()
+            {
+                useContactShadow = new BoolScalableSetting(new[] { false, false, true }, ScalableSettingSchemaId.With3Levels)
+            };
+
         }
 
         // Lighting