diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index f564303d6aa602fc7456c096db950b46a9bd16a6..ecd88206ef61e7e053ad68a7b0bf578bfb1d06c8 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ const options = [
     stage: 'repository',
     type: 'json',
     default: {
-      enabled: false,
+      enabled: true,
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/website/docs/_posts/2017-10-05-configuration-options.md b/website/docs/_posts/2017-10-05-configuration-options.md
index b9de1a473e4c51d9f450749f4b9791dea00ece6f..a90dcb14a81d9f06a7f8dd01f4aab6966c627e98 100644
--- a/website/docs/_posts/2017-10-05-configuration-options.md
+++ b/website/docs/_posts/2017-10-05-configuration-options.md
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ Configuration specific for Dockerfile updates.
 
 Configuration object for Docker Compose yaml file renovation. Also inherits settings from `docker` object.
 
-| name    | value              |
-| ------- | ------------------ |
-| type    | object             |
-| default | { enabled: false } |
+| name    | value             |
+| ------- | ----------------- |
+| type    | object            |
+| default | { enabled: true } |
 
 ## enabled