diff --git a/CHANGELOG_V10.md b/CHANGELOG_V10.md
index 3601fd4a27..02439f3364 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_V10.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_V10.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
+- Enable logging by default (#8717)
 - Remove `sendDefaultPii`; use `dataCollection` to configure automatic data collection (#8253)
 - Remove Objective-C `@objc` attributes from SentrySDK (#8308)
 - Remove deprecated `locale` from device context; use `locale` in culture context instead (#8325)
diff --git a/Sources/Swift/Options.swift b/Sources/Swift/Options.swift
index 07669171d8..f8f179f2f6 100644
--- a/Sources/Swift/Options.swift
+++ b/Sources/Swift/Options.swift
@@ -138,8 +138,14 @@
 
     /// When enabled, the SDK sends logs to Sentry. Logs can be captured using the SentrySDK.logger
     /// API, which provides structured logging with attributes.
-    /// @note Default value is @c false.
-    @objc public var enableLogs: Bool = false
+    /// @note Default value is @c true in v10, @c false in earlier versions.
+    @objc public var enableLogs: Bool = {
+        #if SDK_V10
+        return true
+        #else
+        return false
+        #endif // SDK_V10
+    }()
 
     /// Use this callback to drop or modify a log before the SDK sends it to Sentry. Return nil to
     /// drop the log.
diff --git a/Tests/SentryTests/SentryOptionsTest.m b/Tests/SentryTests/SentryOptionsTest.m
index cb115a39eb..4748c53899 100644
--- a/Tests/SentryTests/SentryOptionsTest.m
+++ b/Tests/SentryTests/SentryOptionsTest.m
@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ - (void)testEnableNetworkBreadcrumbs
 
 - (void)testEnableLogs
 {
+#if SDK_V10
+    [self testBooleanField:@"enableLogs" defaultValue:YES];
+#else
     [self testBooleanField:@"enableLogs" defaultValue:NO];
+#endif // SDK_V10
 }
 
 - (void)testEnableMetrics