diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java
index 20f21ce5caf4..4f134b1de8a3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/HddsConfigKeys.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public final class HddsConfigKeys {
   public static final boolean HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
   public static final String HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODE =
       "hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode";
-  public static final int HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODE_DEFAULT = 1;
+  public static final int HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODE_DEFAULT = 3;
 
   public static final String
       HDDS_SCM_WAIT_TIME_AFTER_SAFE_MODE_EXIT =
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index ccd04eb8404c..2c53d1a287a2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@
 
   <property>
     <name>hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode</name>
-    <value>1</value>
+    <value>3</value>
     <tag>HDDS,SCM,OPERATION</tag>
     <description>Minimum DataNodes which should be registered to get SCM out of
       safe mode.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.md b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.md
index 3b2f4d8f9d73..48d509016a68 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.md
@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ key | default | description
 ----|---------|------------
 ozone.scm.container.size | 5GB | Default container size used by Ozone
 ozone.scm.block.size | 256MB |  The default size of a data block.
-hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode | 1 | Minimum number of datanodes to start the real work.
+hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode | 3 | Minimum number of datanodes to start the real work.
 ozone.scm.http-address | 0.0.0.0:9876 | HTTP address of the SCM server
-ozone.metadata.dirs | none | Directory to store persisted data (RocksDB).
\ No newline at end of file
+ozone.metadata.dirs | none | Directory to store persisted data (RocksDB).
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.zh.md b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.zh.md
index 7adecdee0290..0aca2055d800 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.zh.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/concept/StorageContainerManager.zh.md
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ SCM 负责创建 Ozone 集群。当通过 `init` 命令启动 SCM 时，SCM 将
 ----|---------|------------
 ozone.scm.container.size | 5GB | Ozone 使用的默认容器的大小
 ozone.scm.block.size | 256MB |  数据块的默认大小
-hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode | 1 | 能够启动实际工作所需的最小数据节点数
+hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode | 3 | 能够启动实际工作所需的最小数据节点数
 ozone.scm.http-address | 0.0.0.0:9876 | SCM 服务端使用的 HTTP 地址
 ozone.metadata.dirs | none | 存储持久化数据的目录（RocksDB）
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestHealthyPipelineSafeModeRule.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestHealthyPipelineSafeModeRule.java
index aa71edcc68f9..1d2061daf9bc 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestHealthyPipelineSafeModeRule.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestHealthyPipelineSafeModeRule.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public void testHealthyPipelineSafeModeRuleWithNoPipelines()
     ContainerManager containerManager = mock(ContainerManager.class);
     when(containerManager.getContainers()).thenReturn(containers);
     config.set(HddsConfigKeys.OZONE_METADATA_DIRS, tempFile.getPath());
+    config.setInt(HddsConfigKeys.HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODE, 0);
     // enable pipeline check
     config.setBoolean(
             HddsConfigKeys.HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_PIPELINE_CREATION, false);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestSCMSafeModeManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestSCMSafeModeManager.java
index 7a43792eb5db..38952b1d9477 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestSCMSafeModeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/safemode/TestSCMSafeModeManager.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public void setUp() throws IOException {
     config.setBoolean(HddsConfigKeys.HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_PIPELINE_CREATION,
         false);
     config.set(HddsConfigKeys.OZONE_METADATA_DIRS, tempDir.getAbsolutePath());
+    config.setInt(HddsConfigKeys.HDDS_SCM_SAFEMODE_MIN_DATANODE, 1);
     scmMetadataStore = new SCMMetadataStoreImpl(config);
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config
index adfaeb287d0d..6c0262870aac 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/compose/ozonescripts/docker-config
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.block.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.metadata.dirs=/data/metadata
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.scm.client.address=scm
 OZONE-SITE.XML_ozone.server.default.replication=1
+OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.scm.safemode.min.datanode=1
 OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.dir=/data/hdds
 OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.datanode.volume.min.free.space=100MB
 OZONE-SITE.XML_hdds.scmclient.max.retry.timeout=30s