diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
index b193c0f60d0087972381f4f85f2b864b52fdbc7d..05c738ea94db15e96742421e8ee6bc51f87d479b 100644
--- a/assets/settings/default.json
+++ b/assets/settings/default.json
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@
     },
     // Whether to show the addition/deletion change count next to each file in the Git panel.
     //
-    // Default: false
-    "diff_stats": false,
+    // Default: true
+    "diff_stats": true,
   },
   "message_editor": {
     // Whether to automatically replace emoji shortcodes with emoji characters.
diff --git a/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs b/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs
index 5a4e87c384d802f3de4c96c07f65cf163c3a6d1a..5b573a0f01dc7980abadeba5576b6e8e3553bfb4 100644
--- a/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs
+++ b/crates/settings_content/src/settings_content.rs
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ pub struct GitPanelSettingsContent {
 
     /// Whether to show the addition/deletion change count next to each file in the Git panel.
     ///
-    /// Default: false
+    /// Default: true
     pub diff_stats: Option<bool>,
 }