diff --git a/src/common/src/config.rs b/src/common/src/config.rs
index ce2cf19f6e2bf..1cf07dd5d7f16 100644
--- a/src/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/config.rs
@@ -711,8 +711,8 @@ pub struct StorageConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub prefetch_buffer_capacity_mb: Option<usize>,
 
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub max_cached_recent_versions_number: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default = "default::storage::max_cached_recent_versions_number")]
+    pub max_cached_recent_versions_number: usize,
 
     /// max prefetch block number
     #[serde(default = "default::storage::max_prefetch_block_number")]
@@ -1554,6 +1554,10 @@ pub mod default {
             cfg!(debug_assertions)
         }
 
+        pub fn max_cached_recent_versions_number() -> usize {
+            60
+        }
+
         pub fn block_cache_capacity_mb() -> usize {
             512
         }
diff --git a/src/config/ci.toml b/src/config/ci.toml
index 43e9836bd304f..c1a42b8345b70 100644
--- a/src/config/ci.toml
+++ b/src/config/ci.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ stream_exchange_concurrent_barriers = 10
 
 [storage]
 imm_merge_threshold = 2
+max_cached_recent_versions_number = 200
 
 [storage.object_store.retry]
 streaming_upload_attempt_timeout_ms = 10000
diff --git a/src/config/docs.md b/src/config/docs.md
index b844046a38f3c..6e5a1359ca671 100644
--- a/src/config/docs.md
+++ b/src/config/docs.md
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ 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_cached_recent_versions_number |  | 60 |
 | max_concurrent_compaction_task_number |  | 16 |
 | max_prefetch_block_number | max prefetch block number | 16 |
 | max_preload_io_retry_times |  | 3 |
diff --git a/src/config/example.toml b/src/config/example.toml
index ef39426d1b8a0..0d01a09d12875 100644
--- a/src/config/example.toml
+++ b/src/config/example.toml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ shared_buffer_flush_ratio = 0.800000011920929
 shared_buffer_min_batch_flush_size_mb = 800
 imm_merge_threshold = 0
 write_conflict_detection_enabled = true
+max_cached_recent_versions_number = 60
 max_prefetch_block_number = 16
 disable_remote_compactor = false
 share_buffer_upload_concurrency = 8
diff --git a/src/storage/src/opts.rs b/src/storage/src/opts.rs
index 13bcd7eb766fc..14500f7c5113e 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/opts.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/opts.rs
@@ -177,10 +177,7 @@ 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_cached_recent_versions_number: c.storage.max_cached_recent_versions_number,
             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,