diff --git a/exec/java-exec/src/main/resources/drill-module.conf b/exec/java-exec/src/main/resources/drill-module.conf
index ecc9bd0e030..34ee707b6a2 100644
--- a/exec/java-exec/src/main/resources/drill-module.conf
+++ b/exec/java-exec/src/main/resources/drill-module.conf
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ drill.exec.options: {
     # Property name and value should be separated by =.
     # Properties should be separated by new line (\n).
     store.hive.conf.properties: "",
-    store.json.enable_v2_reader: false,
+    store.json.enable_v2_reader: true,
     store.json.all_text_mode: false,
     store.json.writer.allow_nan_inf: true,
     store.json.reader.allow_nan_inf: true,