diff --git a/config/sentry.php b/config/sentry.php
index 8d3aaa1e..2905b498 100644
--- a/config/sentry.php
+++ b/config/sentry.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     // Performance monitoring specific configuration
     'tracing' => [
         // Trace queue jobs as their own transactions (this enables tracing for queue jobs)
-        'queue_job_transactions' => env('SENTRY_TRACE_QUEUE_ENABLED', false),
+        'queue_job_transactions' => env('SENTRY_TRACE_QUEUE_ENABLED', true),
 
         // Capture queue jobs as spans when executed on the sync driver
         'queue_jobs' => env('SENTRY_TRACE_QUEUE_JOBS_ENABLED', true),
diff --git a/test/Sentry/Features/QueueIntegrationTest.php b/test/Sentry/Features/QueueIntegrationTest.php
index fc472a8b..9feb327a 100644
--- a/test/Sentry/Features/QueueIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/test/Sentry/Features/QueueIntegrationTest.php
@@ -87,46 +87,46 @@ public function testQueueJobsWithBreadcrumbSetInBetweenKeepsNonJobBreadcrumbsOnC
         $this->assertCount(1, $this->getCurrentSentryBreadcrumbs());
     }
 
-    protected function withoutSampling($app): void
+    protected function withTracingEnabled($app): void
     {
         $app['config']->set('sentry.traces_sample_rate', 1.0);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @define-env withoutSampling
+     * @define-env withTracingEnabled
      */
-    public function testQueueJobDoesntCreateTransactionByDefault(): void
+    public function testQueueJobCreatesTransactionByDefault(): void
     {
         dispatch(new QueueEventsTestJob);
 
         $transaction = $this->getLastSentryEvent();
 
-        $this->assertNull($transaction);
+        $this->assertNotNull($transaction);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(EventType::transaction(), $transaction->getType());
+        $this->assertEquals(QueueEventsTestJob::class, $transaction->getTransaction());
+
+        $traceContext = $transaction->getContexts()['trace'];
+
+        $this->assertEquals('queue.process', $traceContext['op']);
     }
 
-    protected function withQueueJobTracingEnabled($app): void
+    protected function withQueueJobTracingDisabled($app): void
     {
         $app['config']->set('sentry.traces_sample_rate', 1.0);
-        $app['config']->set('sentry.tracing.queue_job_transactions', true);
+        $app['config']->set('sentry.tracing.queue_job_transactions', false);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @define-env withQueueJobTracingEnabled
+     * @define-env withQueueTracingDisabled
      */
-    public function testQueueJobCreatesTransactionWhenEnabled(): void
+    public function testQueueJobDoesntCreateTransaction(): void
     {
         dispatch(new QueueEventsTestJob);
 
         $transaction = $this->getLastSentryEvent();
 
-        $this->assertNotNull($transaction);
-
-        $this->assertEquals(EventType::transaction(), $transaction->getType());
-        $this->assertEquals(QueueEventsTestJob::class, $transaction->getTransaction());
-
-        $traceContext = $transaction->getContexts()['trace'];
-
-        $this->assertEquals('queue.process', $traceContext['op']);
+        $this->assertNull($transaction);
     }
 }