diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSQLConf.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSQLConf.scala
index 9b288ced4e0..1c46473a56b 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSQLConf.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/sources/DeltaSQLConf.scala
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ trait DeltaSQLConfBase {
     buildConf("writeChecksumFile.enabled")
       .doc("Whether the checksum file can be written.")
       .booleanConf
-      .createWithDefault(false)
+      .createWithDefault(true)
 
   val INCREMENTAL_COMMIT_ENABLED =
     buildConf("incremental.commit.enabled")
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/EvolvabilitySuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/EvolvabilitySuite.scala
index 4d5a8dde2ed..47b801aafa7 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/EvolvabilitySuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/EvolvabilitySuite.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.delta
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.sources.DeltaSQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.test.DeltaSQLCommandTest
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.test.DeltaTestImplicits._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.util.{FileNames, JsonUtils}
@@ -89,7 +90,14 @@ class EvolvabilitySuite extends EvolvabilitySuiteBase with DeltaSQLCommandTest {
 
   test("transaction log schema evolvability - batch change data read") {
     withTempDir { dir =>
-      withSQLConf(DeltaConfigs.CHANGE_DATA_FEED.defaultTablePropertyKey -> "true") {
+      withSQLConf(
+        DeltaConfigs.CHANGE_DATA_FEED.defaultTablePropertyKey -> "true",
+        // All files verification will always fail in this test since we the extra column
+        // will not be present in the `allFiles` of the CRC.
+        DeltaSQLConf.DELTA_ALL_FILES_IN_CRC_VERIFICATION_MODE_ENABLED.key -> "false",
+        DeltaSQLConf.DELTA_ALL_FILES_IN_CRC_FORCE_VERIFICATION_MODE_FOR_NON_UTC_ENABLED.key ->
+          "false"
+      ) {
         EvolvabilitySuiteBase.generateTransactionLogWithExtraColumn(spark, dir.getAbsolutePath)
         spark.sql(s"UPDATE delta.`${dir.getAbsolutePath}` SET value = 10")
         spark.read.format("delta").option("readChangeFeed", "true")
@@ -104,7 +112,14 @@ class EvolvabilitySuite extends EvolvabilitySuiteBase with DeltaSQLCommandTest {
 
   test("transaction log schema evolvability - streaming change data read") {
     withTempDir { dir =>
-      withSQLConf(DeltaConfigs.CHANGE_DATA_FEED.defaultTablePropertyKey -> "true") {
+      withSQLConf(
+        DeltaConfigs.CHANGE_DATA_FEED.defaultTablePropertyKey -> "true",
+        // All files verification will always fail in this test since we the extra column
+        // will not be present in the `allFiles` of the CRC.
+        DeltaSQLConf.DELTA_ALL_FILES_IN_CRC_VERIFICATION_MODE_ENABLED.key -> "false",
+        DeltaSQLConf.DELTA_ALL_FILES_IN_CRC_FORCE_VERIFICATION_MODE_FOR_NON_UTC_ENABLED.key ->
+          "false"
+      ) {
         EvolvabilitySuiteBase.generateTransactionLogWithExtraColumn(spark, dir.getAbsolutePath)
         spark.sql(s"UPDATE delta.`${dir.getAbsolutePath}` SET value = 10")
         val query = spark.readStream.format("delta")