diff --git a/src/common/src/config.rs b/src/common/src/config.rs
index e07339e6724b7..c8bbd591d7156 100644
--- a/src/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/config.rs
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ pub mod default {
             }
 
             pub mod developer {
-                use crate::util::env_var::env_var_is_false_or;
+                use crate::util::env_var::env_var_is_true_or;
                 const RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3: &str = "RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3";
 
                 pub fn object_store_retry_unknown_service_error() -> bool {
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ pub mod default {
                     // The reason why we use !env_var_is_false_or(RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3, false) here is
                     // 1. Maintain compatibility so that there is no behavior change in cluster with RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3 set.
                     // 2. Change the default behavior to use opendal for s3 if RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3 is not set.
-                    !env_var_is_false_or(RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3, false)
+                    env_var_is_true_or(RW_USE_OPENDAL_FOR_S3, false)
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/config/example.toml b/src/config/example.toml
index 4f95e929d4048..cc12e3533079d 100644
--- a/src/config/example.toml
+++ b/src/config/example.toml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ identity_resolution_timeout_s = 5
 [storage.object_store.s3.developer]
 object_store_retry_unknown_service_error = false
 object_store_retryable_service_error_codes = ["SlowDown", "TooManyRequests"]
-use_opendal = true
+use_opendal = false
 
 [system]
 barrier_interval_ms = 1000