diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/common/flags.go b/go/vt/vttablet/common/flags.go
index f9775b8af3e..7eee441d5ec 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/common/flags.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/common/flags.go
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	// Default flags: currently VReplicationExperimentalFlagVPlayerBatching is not enabled by default.
-	vreplicationExperimentalFlags   = VReplicationExperimentalFlagOptimizeInserts | VReplicationExperimentalFlagAllowNoBlobBinlogRowImage
+	vreplicationExperimentalFlags   = VReplicationExperimentalFlagOptimizeInserts | VReplicationExperimentalFlagAllowNoBlobBinlogRowImage | VReplicationExperimentalFlagVPlayerBatching
 	vreplicationNetReadTimeout      = 300
 	vreplicationNetWriteTimeout     = 600
 	vreplicationCopyPhaseDuration   = 1 * time.Hour