diff --git a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
index 1af4b09a4..eb2771df5 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       </description>
     </key>
     <key name="disable-extension-version-validation" type="b">
-      <default>true</default>
+      <default>false</default>
       <summary>Disables the validation of extension version compatibility</summary>
       <description>
         GNOME Shell will only load extensions that claim to support the current