diff --git a/execution_chain/conf.nim b/execution_chain/conf.nim
index 2ae6c65121..0fe9a2b3a3 100644
--- a/execution_chain/conf.nim
+++ b/execution_chain/conf.nim
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ type
 
     parallelStateRootComputation* {.
       hidden
-      defaultValue: false
+      defaultValue: true
       desc: "Compute state root in parallel using multiple threads"
       name: "debug-parallel-state-root".}: bool
 
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.nim b/tests/test_configuration.nim
index d946909e2d..eafbd9ea57 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.nim
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.nim
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ proc configurationMain*() =
       check config.rdbBranchCacheSize == 39
       check config.rdbPrintStats == true
       check config.rewriteDatadirId == true
-      check config.eagerStateRootCheck ==  false
-      check config.parallelStateRootComputation ==  false
+      check config.eagerStateRootCheck == false
+      check config.parallelStateRootComputation == true
       check config.statelessProviderEnabled == true
       check config.statelessWitnessValidation == true