diff --git a/src/common/src/config.rs b/src/common/src/config.rs
index d78fdbe51fa9b..e2b4dd7b0f97c 100644
--- a/src/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/config.rs
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ pub struct StorageConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub prefetch_buffer_capacity_mb: Option<usize>,
 
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub max_cached_recent_versions_number: Option<usize>,
+
     /// max prefetch block number
     #[serde(default = "default::storage::max_prefetch_block_number")]
     pub max_prefetch_block_number: usize,
diff --git a/src/common/src/system_param/mod.rs b/src/common/src/system_param/mod.rs
index afe7adaacff5a..095875551fc51 100644
--- a/src/common/src/system_param/mod.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/system_param/mod.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ macro_rules! for_all_params {
             { enable_tracing,                           bool,                           Some(false),                    true,   "Whether to enable distributed tracing.", },
             { use_new_object_prefix_strategy,           bool,                           None,                           false,  "Whether to split object prefix.", },
             { license_key,                              risingwave_license::LicenseKey, Some(Default::default()),       true,   "The license key to activate enterprise features.", },
-            { time_travel_retention_ms,                 u64,                            Some(0_u64),                    true,   "The data retention period for time travel, where 0 indicates that it's disabled.", },
+            { time_travel_retention_ms,                 u64,                            Some(600000_u64),               true,   "The data retention period for time travel, where 0 indicates that it's disabled.", },
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/config/docs.md b/src/config/docs.md
index 47905d71e5e0c..65a0a010dc086 100644
--- a/src/config/docs.md
+++ b/src/config/docs.md
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ This page is automatically generated by `./risedev generate-example-config`
 | enable_fast_compaction |  | true |
 | high_priority_ratio_in_percent | DEPRECATED: This config will be deprecated in the future version, use `storage.cache.block_cache_eviction.high_priority_ratio_in_percent` with `storage.cache.block_cache_eviction.algorithm = "Lru"` instead. |  |
 | imm_merge_threshold | The threshold for the number of immutable memtables to merge to a new imm. | 0 |
+| max_cached_recent_versions_number |  |  |
 | max_concurrent_compaction_task_number |  | 16 |
 | max_prefetch_block_number | max prefetch block number | 16 |
 | max_preload_io_retry_times |  | 3 |
@@ -169,5 +170,5 @@ This page is automatically generated by `./risedev generate-example-config`
 | pause_on_next_bootstrap | Whether to pause all data sources on next bootstrap. | false |
 | sstable_size_mb | Target size of the Sstable. | 256 |
 | state_store | URL for the state store |  |
-| time_travel_retention_ms | The data retention period for time travel, where 0 indicates that it's disabled. | 0 |
+| time_travel_retention_ms | The data retention period for time travel, where 0 indicates that it's disabled. | 600000 |
 | use_new_object_prefix_strategy | Whether to split object prefix. |  |
diff --git a/src/config/example.toml b/src/config/example.toml
index f3c127cdc7825..3268827804080 100644
--- a/src/config/example.toml
+++ b/src/config/example.toml
@@ -247,4 +247,4 @@ max_concurrent_creating_streaming_jobs = 1
 pause_on_next_bootstrap = false
 enable_tracing = false
 license_key = ""
-time_travel_retention_ms = 0
+time_travel_retention_ms = 600000
diff --git a/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/hummock_event_handler.rs b/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/hummock_event_handler.rs
index c1621f71a3f4a..8bc13a88c5feb 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/hummock_event_handler.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/hummock_event_handler.rs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ impl HummockEventHandler {
             version_update_notifier_tx,
             recent_versions: Arc::new(ArcSwap::from_pointee(RecentVersions::new(
                 pinned_version,
-                60,
+                storage_opts.max_cached_recent_versions_number,
             ))),
             write_conflict_detector,
             read_version_mapping,
diff --git a/src/storage/src/opts.rs b/src/storage/src/opts.rs
index f6d6f31fb3a4f..a3a787f55c97d 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/opts.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/opts.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ pub struct StorageOpts {
     /// max memory usage for large query.
     pub prefetch_buffer_capacity_mb: usize,
 
+    pub max_cached_recent_versions_number: usize,
+
     pub max_prefetch_block_number: usize,
 
     pub disable_remote_compactor: bool,
@@ -170,6 +172,10 @@ impl From<(&RwConfig, &SystemParamsReader, &StorageMemoryConfig)> for StorageOpt
             meta_cache_shard_num: s.meta_cache_shard_num,
             meta_cache_eviction_config: s.meta_cache_eviction_config.clone(),
             prefetch_buffer_capacity_mb: s.prefetch_buffer_capacity_mb,
+            max_cached_recent_versions_number: c
+                .storage
+                .max_cached_recent_versions_number
+                .unwrap_or(60),
             max_prefetch_block_number: c.storage.max_prefetch_block_number,
             disable_remote_compactor: c.storage.disable_remote_compactor,
             share_buffer_upload_concurrency: c.storage.share_buffer_upload_concurrency,