diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/azureBlobStorage.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/azureBlobStorage.md
index 6936c807f96a..2eaad48d6556 100644
--- a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/azureBlobStorage.md
+++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/azureBlobStorage.md
@@ -87,6 +87,5 @@ When setting `use_hive_partitioning` is set to 1, ClickHouse will detect Hive-st
 Use virtual column, created with Hive-style partitioning
 
 ``` sql
-SET use_hive_partitioning = 1;
 SELECT * from azureBlobStorage(config, storage_account_url='...', container='...', blob_path='http://data/path/date=*/country=*/code=*/*.parquet') where _date > '2020-01-01' and _country = 'Netherlands' and _code = 42;
 ```
diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/file.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/file.md
index a3480dc7ee28..6ade64e9af3f 100644
--- a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/file.md
+++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/file.md
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ When setting `use_hive_partitioning` is set to 1, ClickHouse will detect Hive-st
 Use virtual column, created with Hive-style partitioning
 
 ``` sql
-SET use_hive_partitioning = 1;
 SELECT * from file('data/path/date=*/country=*/code=*/*.parquet') where _date > '2020-01-01' and _country = 'Netherlands' and _code = 42;
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/hdfs.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/hdfs.md
index 30d2e371c7ed..11b25561f8db 100644
--- a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/hdfs.md
+++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/hdfs.md
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ When setting `use_hive_partitioning` is set to 1, ClickHouse will detect Hive-st
 Use virtual column, created with Hive-style partitioning
 
 ``` sql
-SET use_hive_partitioning = 1;
 SELECT * from HDFS('hdfs://hdfs1:9000/data/path/date=*/country=*/code=*/*.parquet') where _date > '2020-01-01' and _country = 'Netherlands' and _code = 42;
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/s3.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/s3.md
index da8330341329..0bb65c41fd3e 100644
--- a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/s3.md
+++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/s3.md
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ When setting `use_hive_partitioning` is set to 1, ClickHouse will detect Hive-st
 Use virtual column, created with Hive-style partitioning
 
 ``` sql
-SET use_hive_partitioning = 1;
 SELECT * from s3('s3://data/path/date=*/country=*/code=*/*.parquet') where _date > '2020-01-01' and _country = 'Netherlands' and _code = 42;
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/url.md b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/url.md
index 7a354ea03646..129863cccac0 100644
--- a/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/url.md
+++ b/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/url.md
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ When setting `use_hive_partitioning` is set to 1, ClickHouse will detect Hive-st
 Use virtual column, created with Hive-style partitioning
 
 ``` sql
-SET use_hive_partitioning = 1;
 SELECT * from url('http://data/path/date=*/country=*/code=*/*.parquet') where _date > '2020-01-01' and _country = 'Netherlands' and _code = 42;
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Settings.cpp b/src/Core/Settings.cpp
index 0b4bd1af28cf..d04b9bcf2a71 100644
--- a/src/Core/Settings.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/Settings.cpp
@@ -5856,7 +5856,7 @@ The maximum number of rows in the right table to determine whether to rerange th
     DECLARE(Bool, allow_experimental_join_right_table_sorting, false, R"(
 If it is set to true, and the conditions of `join_to_sort_minimum_perkey_rows` and `join_to_sort_maximum_table_rows` are met, rerange the right table by key to improve the performance in left or inner hash join.
 )", EXPERIMENTAL) \
-    DECLARE(Bool, use_hive_partitioning, false, R"(
+    DECLARE(Bool, use_hive_partitioning, true, R"(
 When enabled, ClickHouse will detect Hive-style partitioning in path (`/name=value/`) in file-like table engines [File](../../engines/table-engines/special/file.md#hive-style-partitioning)/[S3](../../engines/table-engines/integrations/s3.md#hive-style-partitioning)/[URL](../../engines/table-engines/special/url.md#hive-style-partitioning)/[HDFS](../../engines/table-engines/integrations/hdfs.md#hive-style-partitioning)/[AzureBlobStorage](../../engines/table-engines/integrations/azureBlobStorage.md#hive-style-partitioning) and will allow to use partition columns as virtual columns in the query. These virtual columns will have the same names as in the partitioned path, but starting with `_`.
 )", EXPERIMENTAL)\
     \
diff --git a/src/Core/SettingsChangesHistory.cpp b/src/Core/SettingsChangesHistory.cpp
index 1ec6ac0090e0..310d8c1c3e56 100644
--- a/src/Core/SettingsChangesHistory.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/SettingsChangesHistory.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static std::initializer_list<std::pair<ClickHouseVersion, SettingsChangesHistory
             {"least_greatest_legacy_null_behavior", true, false, "New setting"},
             {"object_storage_cluster", "", "", "New setting"},
             {"object_storage_max_nodes", 0, 0, "New setting"},
+            {"use_hive_partitioning", 0, 1, "Upstream made it the default"}
         }
     },
     {"24.11",
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02496_storage_s3_profile_events.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02496_storage_s3_profile_events.reference
index df850b51d6ef..5dfbe04953fe 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02496_storage_s3_profile_events.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02496_storage_s3_profile_events.reference
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 10
-0	1	10	1
+0	2	10	1