diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a39be07e..6c65e4d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Changed
     - Reformat with black v24.3.0 (#1374)
     - Update download URL in ``get_chromedriver_url.py`` (#1385)
     - Add ``AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH_BASE`` as a Django setting (#1410)
+    - Change ``ATOMIC_REQUESTS`` recommendation and default to ``True`` (#1281)
 - **Filesfolders**
     - Add migration required by Django v4.2 (#1396)
     - Add app specific media type and versioning (#1278)
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index b53eff36..160b1818 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 DATABASES = {
     'default': env.db('DATABASE_URL', default='postgres:///sodar_core')
 }
-DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = False
+DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
 
 # Set default auto field (for Django 3.2+)
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
diff --git a/docs/source/app_projectroles_settings.rst b/docs/source/app_projectroles_settings.rst
index 3d51e9e1..03e50342 100644
--- a/docs/source/app_projectroles_settings.rst
+++ b/docs/source/app_projectroles_settings.rst
@@ -69,16 +69,14 @@ following apps need to be included in the list in order for SODAR Core to work:
 Database
 ========
 
-Under ``DATABASES``, the setting below is recommended:
+Under ``DATABASES``, we recommend setting ``ATOMIC_REQUESTS`` to ``True`` as in
+the following sample. This ensures transactions to be atomic on a view-level.
+It is still possible to ensure atomicity of specific blocks of code with
+Django's ``transaction.atomic`` decorator or context manager.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = False
-
-.. note::
-
-    If this conflicts with your existing set up, you can modify the code in your
-    other apps to use e.g. ``@transaction.atomic``.
+    DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
 
 
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