diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 40eae6f7f8f358..0b02733929682e 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
   bool experimental_modules = false;
   bool experimental_repl_await = false;
   bool experimental_vm_modules = false;
-  bool experimental_worker = false;
+  bool experimental_worker = true;
   bool expose_internals = false;
   std::string http_parser =
 #ifdef NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_HTTP_DEFAULT