diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php b/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php
index 63e62b6a5a0..c951c261115 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Capabilities implements ICapability {
 				'chunking' => '1.0',
 			]
 		];
-		if ($this->config->getSystemValueBool('bulkupload.enabled', false)) {
+		if ($this->config->getSystemValueBool('bulkupload.enabled', true)) {
 			$capabilities['dav']['bulkupload'] = '1.0';
 		}
 		if ($this->coordinator->isEnabled()) {
diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index dbf42ecf2ee..044aeedf6a2 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -2529,9 +2529,9 @@ $CONFIG = [
 /**
  * Enable the bulk upload feature.
  *
- * Defaults to ``false``
+ * Defaults to ``true``
  */
-'bulkupload.enabled' => false,
+'bulkupload.enabled' => true,
 
 /**
  * Enables fetching open graph metadata from remote urls