diff --git a/apps/example-web/src/App.tsx b/apps/example-web/src/App.tsx
index 07cad4e33..f0c6639d5 100644
--- a/apps/example-web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/example-web/src/App.tsx
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ function App() {
           mentionIndicators={['@', '#']}
           htmlStyle={WEB_DEFAULT_HTML_STYLE}
           linkRegex={LINK_REGEX}
-          useHtmlNormalizer
         />
         <MentionPopup
           variant="user"
diff --git a/apps/example-web/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx b/apps/example-web/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx
index ae1bfa326..9d34960a9 100644
--- a/apps/example-web/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx
+++ b/apps/example-web/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export function TextRenderer({ htmlValue }: TextRendererProps) {
         ref={ref}
         style={enrichedTextStyle}
         htmlStyle={WEB_DEFAULT_HTML_STYLE}
-        useHtmlNormalizer
         onFocus={handleTextFocus}
         onBlur={handleTextBlur}
       >
diff --git a/apps/example/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx b/apps/example/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx
index a8a3e4b9c..6fe302c46 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/components/TextRenderer.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export const TextRenderer = ({ nodes }: TextRendererProps) => {
           htmlStyle={enrichedTextHtmlStyle}
           onLinkPress={handleLinkPress}
           onMentionPress={handleMentionPress}
-          useHtmlNormalizer
         >
           {node}
         </EnrichedText>
diff --git a/apps/example/src/screens/DevScreen.tsx b/apps/example/src/screens/DevScreen.tsx
index 83d26c9aa..d5b4ba3f1 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/screens/DevScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/screens/DevScreen.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export function DevScreen({ onSwitch }: DevScreenProps) {
               ANDROID_EXPERIMENTAL_SYNCHRONOUS_EVENTS
             }
             onPasteImages={(e) => editor.handlePasteImagesEvent(e.nativeEvent)}
-            useHtmlNormalizer
             testID="editor-input"
           />
           <Toolbar
diff --git a/apps/example/src/screens/EnrichedTextScreen.tsx b/apps/example/src/screens/EnrichedTextScreen.tsx
index fa8cdf62e..de482f1bb 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/screens/EnrichedTextScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/screens/EnrichedTextScreen.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ export function EnrichedTextScreen({ onSwitch }: EnrichedTextScreenProps) {
               ellipsizeMode={ellipsizeMode}
               onLinkPress={handleLinkPress}
               onMentionPress={handleMentionPress}
-              useHtmlNormalizer
             >
               {html}
             </EnrichedText>
diff --git a/apps/example/src/screens/TestScreen.tsx b/apps/example/src/screens/TestScreen.tsx
index 4b9565cd2..77656b58e 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/screens/TestScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/screens/TestScreen.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ export function TestScreen({
               ANDROID_EXPERIMENTAL_SYNCHRONOUS_EVENTS
             }
             onPasteImages={(e) => editor.handlePasteImagesEvent(e.nativeEvent)}
-            useHtmlNormalizer
             testID="editor-input"
           />
           <Toolbar
diff --git a/docs/INPUT_API_REFERENCE.md b/docs/INPUT_API_REFERENCE.md
index 52af2af56..783ace3ab 100644
--- a/docs/INPUT_API_REFERENCE.md
+++ b/docs/INPUT_API_REFERENCE.md
@@ -639,13 +639,13 @@ If true, Android will use experimental synchronous events. This will prevent fro
 | ------ | ------------- | -------- |
 | `bool` | `false`       | Android  |
 
-### `useHtmlNormalizer` - EXPERIMENTAL
+### `useHtmlNormalizer`
 
-If true, external HTML pasted/inserted into the input (e.g. from Google Docs, Word, or web pages) will be normalized into the canonical tag subset that the enriched parser understands. However, this is an experimental feature, which has not been thoroughly tested. We may decide to enable it by default in a future release.
+If true, external HTML pasted/inserted into the input (e.g. from Google Docs, Word, or web pages) will be normalized into the canonical tag subset that the enriched parser understands.
 
 | Type   | Default Value | Platform          |
 | ------ | ------------- | ----------------- |
-| `bool` | `false`       | iOS, Android, Web |
+| `bool` | `true`        | iOS, Android, Web |
 
 ## Ref Methods
 
diff --git a/docs/TEXT_API_REFERENCE.md b/docs/TEXT_API_REFERENCE.md
index 938641da0..100285b74 100644
--- a/docs/TEXT_API_REFERENCE.md
+++ b/docs/TEXT_API_REFERENCE.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ If `true`, external HTML (e.g. from Google Docs, Word, web pages) will be normal
 
 | Type   | Default Value | Platform          |
 | ------ | ------------- | ----------------- |
-| `bool` | `false`       | iOS, Android, Web |
+| `bool` | `true`        | iOS, Android, Web |
 
 ### `ellipsizeMode`
 
diff --git a/src/native/EnrichedText.tsx b/src/native/EnrichedText.tsx
index ec24debfd..f2a9f952c 100644
--- a/src/native/EnrichedText.tsx
+++ b/src/native/EnrichedText.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const EnrichedText = ({
   children,
   style,
   htmlStyle: _htmlStyle = {},
-  useHtmlNormalizer = false,
+  useHtmlNormalizer = true,
   ellipsizeMode = 'tail',
   numberOfLines = 0,
   selectable = false,
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 90282deff..acda85b41 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ export interface EnrichedTextInputProps extends Omit<ViewProps, 'children'> {
    * normalized through the HTML normalizer before being applied.
    * This converts arbitrary HTML into the canonical tag subset that the enriched
    * parser understands.
-   * Disabled by default.
+   * Enabled by default.
    */
   useHtmlNormalizer?: boolean;
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ export interface EnrichedTextProps extends ViewProps {
 
   /**
    * If true, external HTML will be normalized through the HTML normalizer
-   * before being rendered. Disabled by default.
+   * before being rendered. Enabled by default.
    */
   useHtmlNormalizer?: boolean;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/EnrichedTextInputDefaultProps.ts b/src/utils/EnrichedTextInputDefaultProps.ts
index 7d0c197cd..0cf2b3170 100644
--- a/src/utils/EnrichedTextInputDefaultProps.ts
+++ b/src/utils/EnrichedTextInputDefaultProps.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const ENRICHED_TEXT_INPUT_DEFAULT_PROPS = {
   autoCapitalize: 'sentences',
   scrollEnabled: true,
   androidExperimentalSynchronousEvents: false,
-  useHtmlNormalizer: false,
+  useHtmlNormalizer: true,
   allowFontScaling: true,
   textShortcuts: [
     { trigger: '- ', style: 'unordered_list' },
diff --git a/src/web/EnrichedText.tsx b/src/web/EnrichedText.tsx
index 0cc316435..3c00b8f85 100644
--- a/src/web/EnrichedText.tsx
+++ b/src/web/EnrichedText.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const EnrichedText = memo(
     style,
     selectionColor,
     selectable = false,
-    useHtmlNormalizer = false,
+    useHtmlNormalizer = true,
     onFocus,
     onBlur,
   }: EnrichedTextProps) => {
diff --git a/src/web/EnrichedTextInput.tsx b/src/web/EnrichedTextInput.tsx
index 750829052..088e6a43c 100644
--- a/src/web/EnrichedTextInput.tsx
+++ b/src/web/EnrichedTextInput.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export const EnrichedTextInput = ({
   onEndMention,
   linkRegex,
   htmlStyle,
-  useHtmlNormalizer,
+  useHtmlNormalizer = ENRICHED_TEXT_INPUT_DEFAULT_PROPS.useHtmlNormalizer,
 }: EnrichedTextInputProps) => {
   const tiptapContent =
     defaultValue != null