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 905f4da3ec5..a975a5b7d1c 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
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@
   <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>