diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/ParquetProperties.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/ParquetProperties.java
index 7e55ebcdb9..aa391dcc1b 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/ParquetProperties.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/ParquetProperties.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class ParquetProperties {
   public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_BLOOM_FILTER_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_ENABLED = false;
 
-  public static final boolean DEFAULT_PAGE_WRITE_CHECKSUM_ENABLED = true;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_PAGE_WRITE_CHECKSUM_ENABLED = false;
 
   public static final ValuesWriterFactory DEFAULT_VALUES_WRITER_FACTORY = new DefaultValuesWriterFactory();