diff --git a/pre-registration-default.properties b/pre-registration-default.properties
index 5a15fde558b..3285136aac1 100644
--- a/pre-registration-default.properties
+++ b/pre-registration-default.properties
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ mosip.id.validation.identity.phone=^([6-9]{1})([0-9]{9})$
 
 ## Captcha service
 ## Configuration for google re-captcha
-mosip.preregistration.captcha.enable=false
+mosip.preregistration.captcha.enable=true
 mosip.preregistration.captcha.id.validate=mosip.pre-registration.captcha.id.validate
 mosip.preregistration.captcha.sitekey=${prereg.captcha.site.key}
 mosip.preregistration.captcha.secretkey=${prereg.captcha.secret.key}