diff --git a/docs/layouts/shortcodes/generated/core_configuration.html b/docs/layouts/shortcodes/generated/core_configuration.html
index 2d316c933e799..3b0d26aa7ac45 100644
--- a/docs/layouts/shortcodes/generated/core_configuration.html
+++ b/docs/layouts/shortcodes/generated/core_configuration.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <tbody>
         <tr>
             <td><h5>async-file-write</h5></td>
-            <td style="word-wrap: break-word;">false</td>
+            <td style="word-wrap: break-word;">true</td>
             <td>Boolean</td>
             <td>Whether to enable asynchronous IO writing when writing files.</td>
         </tr>
diff --git a/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/CoreOptions.java b/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/CoreOptions.java
index a01210a75d9e3..c19390bb2334f 100644
--- a/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/CoreOptions.java
+++ b/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/CoreOptions.java
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ public class CoreOptions implements Serializable {
     public static final ConfigOption<Boolean> ASYNC_FILE_WRITE =
             key("async-file-write")
                     .booleanType()
-                    .defaultValue(false)
+                    .defaultValue(true)
                     .withDescription(
                             "Whether to enable asynchronous IO writing when writing files.");