diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-ml-commons-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-ml-commons-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.0.md
index 2a9e2ac0..f89ec90e 100644
--- a/release-notes/opensearch-ml-commons-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.0.md
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-ml-commons-dashboards.release-notes-2.8.0.0.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Compatible with OpenSearch 2.8.0
 ### Features
 
 * Remove experiment warning banner. ([#194](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/194))
+* Update plugin config to enable plugin by default. ([#200](https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons-dashboards/pull/200))
 
 ### Infrastructure
 
diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 5e7324da..617c59e0 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ export { MlCommonsPluginSetup, MlCommonsPluginStart } from './types';
 
 export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
   schema: schema.object({
-    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
   }),
 };