diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
index d3a56b4d9d..0d7b69c79e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
     boolean                            generatePojosAsJavaRecordClasses                 = false;
     boolean                            generatePojosAsScalaCaseClasses                  = true;
     boolean                            generatePojosAsKotlinDataClasses                 = true;
-    boolean                            generatePojosEqualsAndHashCode                   = false;
+    boolean                            generatePojosEqualsAndHashCode                   = true;
     boolean                            generatePojosToString                            = true;
     boolean                            generateImmutablePojos                           = false;
     boolean                            generateSerializablePojos                        = true;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java
index b4b3f33f3f..4f1665ed57 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
     protected Boolean enumsAsScalaSealedTraits = false;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "false")
     protected Boolean pojos = false;
-    @XmlElement(defaultValue = "false")
-    protected Boolean pojosEqualsAndHashCode = false;
+    @XmlElement(defaultValue = "true")
+    protected Boolean pojosEqualsAndHashCode = true;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "true")
     protected Boolean pojosToString = true;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "false")
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd
index f7d08855c0..1b97236c5d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ jOOQ version used for source code.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></an
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Generate POJOs.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>
 
-      <element name="pojosEqualsAndHashCode" type="boolean" default="false" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+      <element name="pojosEqualsAndHashCode" type="boolean" default="true" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Generate basic equals() and hashCode() methods in POJOs.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>