diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
index f4444c228e6a..6f158784ef83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ private TableProperties() {
   public static final long SPLIT_OPEN_FILE_COST_DEFAULT = 4 * 1024 * 1024; // 4MB
 
   public static final String PARQUET_VECTORIZATION_ENABLED = "read.parquet.vectorization.enabled";
-  public static final boolean PARQUET_VECTORIZATION_ENABLED_DEFAULT = false;
+  public static final boolean PARQUET_VECTORIZATION_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
 
   public static final String PARQUET_BATCH_SIZE = "read.parquet.vectorization.batch-size";
   public static final int PARQUET_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT = 5000;
diff --git a/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestSparkTableUtilWithInMemoryCatalog.java b/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestSparkTableUtilWithInMemoryCatalog.java
index 72fea444f56e..0a45c6901d3c 100644
--- a/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestSparkTableUtilWithInMemoryCatalog.java
+++ b/spark/v2.4/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestSparkTableUtilWithInMemoryCatalog.java
@@ -451,9 +451,10 @@ public void testImportTableWithInt96Timestamp() throws IOException {
       );
       Table table = TABLES.create(schema, PartitionSpec.unpartitioned(), tableLocation);
 
-      // assign a custom metrics config
+      // assign a custom metrics config and disable vectorized reads
       table.updateProperties()
           .set(TableProperties.DEFAULT_WRITE_METRICS_MODE, "full")
+          .set(TableProperties.PARQUET_VECTORIZATION_ENABLED, "false")
           .commit();
 
       File stagingDir = temp.newFolder("staging-dir");