diff --git a/src/main/java/org/truffleruby/options/LanguageOptions.java b/src/main/java/org/truffleruby/options/LanguageOptions.java
index e33f8cb642f..610fa8d4bd4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/truffleruby/options/LanguageOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/truffleruby/options/LanguageOptions.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public final class LanguageOptions {
     public final boolean LAZY_TRANSLATION_USER;
     /** --backtraces-omit-unused=true */
     public final boolean BACKTRACES_OMIT_UNUSED;
-    /** --buckets-big-hash=false */
+    /** --buckets-big-hash=true */
     public final boolean BIG_HASH_STRATEGY_IS_BUCKETS;
     /** --building-core-cexts=false */
     public final boolean BUILDING_CORE_CEXTS;
diff --git a/src/options.yml b/src/options.yml
index 4bab882c59c..6f507654e52 100644
--- a/src/options.yml
+++ b/src/options.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ EXPERT:
     BACKTRACES_OMIT_UNUSED: [backtraces-omit-unused, boolean, true, Omit backtraces that should be unused as they have pure rescue expressions]
     
     # Big Hash Strategy
-    BIG_HASH_STRATEGY_IS_BUCKETS: [buckets-big-hash, boolean, false, 'Whether to use chaining-style buckets hash store for hash tables exceeding the small hash limit']
+    BIG_HASH_STRATEGY_IS_BUCKETS: [buckets-big-hash, boolean, true, 'Whether to use chaining-style buckets hash store for hash tables exceeding the small hash limit']
 
     # Print backtraces at key events
     BACKTRACE_ON_INTERRUPT: [backtraces-on-interrupt, boolean, false, Show the backtraces of all Threads on Ctrl+C]
diff --git a/src/shared/java/org/truffleruby/shared/options/OptionsCatalog.java b/src/shared/java/org/truffleruby/shared/options/OptionsCatalog.java
index ae1a751b512..70ccbb5363d 100644
--- a/src/shared/java/org/truffleruby/shared/options/OptionsCatalog.java
+++ b/src/shared/java/org/truffleruby/shared/options/OptionsCatalog.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public final class OptionsCatalog {
     public static final OptionKey<Boolean> EXCEPTIONS_WARN_OUT_OF_MEMORY_KEY = new OptionKey<>(true);
     public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BACKTRACES_INTERLEAVE_JAVA_KEY = new OptionKey<>(false);
     public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BACKTRACES_OMIT_UNUSED_KEY = new OptionKey<>(true);
-    public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BIG_HASH_STRATEGY_IS_BUCKETS_KEY = new OptionKey<>(false);
+    public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BIG_HASH_STRATEGY_IS_BUCKETS_KEY = new OptionKey<>(true);
     public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BACKTRACE_ON_INTERRUPT_KEY = new OptionKey<>(false);
     public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BACKTRACE_ON_SIGALRM_KEY = new OptionKey<>(!EMBEDDED_KEY.getDefaultValue());
     public static final OptionKey<Boolean> BACKTRACE_ON_RAISE_KEY = new OptionKey<>(false);