diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index 71dd72aa149..ce8c0f14c4b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@
   <property>
     <description>Property to enable docker user remapping</description>
     <name>yarn.nodemanager.runtime.linux.docker.enable-userremapping.allowed</name>
-    <value>false</value>
+    <value>true</value>
   </property>
 
   <property>