diff --git a/platform/execution/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLCommandLineOptions.java b/platform/execution/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLCommandLineOptions.java
index 40e8b7be4820..0503596f2654 100644
--- a/platform/execution/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLCommandLineOptions.java
+++ b/platform/execution/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLCommandLineOptions.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public final class WSLCommandLineOptions {
 
-  private boolean myLaunchWithWslExe = !Registry.is("wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes", false);
+  private boolean myLaunchWithWslExe = !Registry.is("wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes", true);
   private boolean myExecuteCommandInShell = true;
   private boolean myExecuteCommandInInteractiveShell = false;
   private boolean myExecuteCommandInLoginShell = true;
diff --git a/platform/ijent/resources/META-INF/IJent.xml b/platform/ijent/resources/META-INF/IJent.xml
index 41008c82f6b9..695e873f7a1c 100644
--- a/platform/ijent/resources/META-INF/IJent.xml
+++ b/platform/ijent/resources/META-INF/IJent.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       key="wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes"
       os="windows"
       restartRequired="false"
-      defaultValue="false"/><!-- IMPORTANT:
+      defaultValue="true"/><!-- IMPORTANT:
         When the default value is changed, usages of the key should be inspected too. The default value still may be hardcoded
         somewhere else. Hardcoded values were introduced to prevent failures of some unit tests. They must not affect production. -->
   </extensions>
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ProductionWslIjentManager.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ProductionWslIjentManager.kt
index fa4eb3feaa23..4f57a78a6275 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ProductionWslIjentManager.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ProductionWslIjentManager.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ProductionWslIjentManager(private val scope: CoroutineScope) : WslIjentMan
   override val isIjentAvailable: Boolean
     get() {
       val id = PluginId.getId("intellij.platform.ijent.impl")
-      return Registry.`is`("wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes", false) && PluginManagerCore.getPlugin(id)?.isEnabled == true
+      return Registry.`is`("wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes", true) && PluginManagerCore.getPlugin(id)?.isEnabled == true
     }
 
   @DelicateCoroutinesApi
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLDistributionTest.kt b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLDistributionTest.kt
index f33c47f8822a..74cc51acc0a0 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLDistributionTest.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WSLDistributionTest.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class WSLDistributionTest {
         myExecuteCommandInLoginShell = true
         myExecuteCommandInShell = true
         myInitShellCommands = []
-        myLaunchWithWslExe = true
+        myLaunchWithWslExe = false
         myPassEnvVarsUsingInterop = false
         myRemoteWorkingDirectory = null
         mySleepTimeoutSec = 0.0