diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index 6d6bd4d1d46..25ee6b98d5d 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -2937,8 +2937,7 @@ PROFILING_DATADOG_PROFILER_ENABLED, isDatadogProfilerSafeInCurrentEnvironment())
 
     this.jdkSocketEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(JDK_SOCKET_ENABLED, true);
 
-    this.optimizedMapEnabled =
-        configProvider.getBoolean(GeneralConfig.OPTIMIZED_MAP_ENABLED, false);
+    this.optimizedMapEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(GeneralConfig.OPTIMIZED_MAP_ENABLED, true);
     this.spanBuilderReuseEnabled =
         configProvider.getBoolean(GeneralConfig.SPAN_BUILDER_REUSE_ENABLED, true);
     this.tagNameUtf8CacheSize =