diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index 192083e2ea5f5..2e81fd4a14a8b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -919,5 +919,5 @@ object StaticSQLConf {
   val DEBUG_MODE = buildConf("spark.sql.debug")
     .internal()
     .booleanConf
-    .createWithDefault(false)
+    .createWithDefault(true)
 }