diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index f58e9daa..80426033 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- Enabled point mutations by default for newly generated configuration.
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/configuration/src/version5/mod.rs b/crates/configuration/src/version5/mod.rs
index 9a3b9ad4..14e7d8e6 100644
--- a/crates/configuration/src/version5/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/configuration/src/version5/mod.rs
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ impl ParsedConfiguration {
             connection_settings: connection_settings::DatabaseConnectionSettings::empty(),
             metadata: metadata::Metadata::default(),
             introspection_options: options::IntrospectionOptions::default(),
-            // we'll change this to `Some(MutationsVersions::V1)` when we
-            // want to "release" this behaviour
-            mutations_version: None,
+            mutations_version: Some(metadata::mutations::MutationsVersion::V2),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/postgres/snapshots/databases_tests__postgres__cli_version5_tests__postgres_current_only_configure_initial_configuration_is_unchanged.snap b/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/postgres/snapshots/databases_tests__postgres__cli_version5_tests__postgres_current_only_configure_initial_configuration_is_unchanged.snap
index a18a0087..36972aed 100644
--- a/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/postgres/snapshots/databases_tests__postgres__cli_version5_tests__postgres_current_only_configure_initial_configuration_is_unchanged.snap
+++ b/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/postgres/snapshots/databases_tests__postgres__cli_version5_tests__postgres_current_only_configure_initial_configuration_is_unchanged.snap
@@ -3123,5 +3123,5 @@ expression: default_configuration
       "varchar": "string"
     }
   },
-  "mutationsVersion": null
+  "mutationsVersion": "v2"
 }