diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/CommonVectorStoreProperties.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/CommonVectorStoreProperties.java
index b6716c6f2..8dcf45b23 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/CommonVectorStoreProperties.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/CommonVectorStoreProperties.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package org.springframework.ai.autoconfigure;
  */
 public class CommonVectorStoreProperties {
 
-	private boolean initializeSchema = false;
+	private boolean initializeSchema = true;
 
 	public boolean isInitializeSchema() {
 		return initializeSchema;