diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieLockConfig.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieLockConfig.java
index 723c9f3cb..9ea28fbbd 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieLockConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieLockConfig.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class HoodieLockConfig extends HoodieConfig {
 
   public static final ConfigProperty<String> LOCK_ACQUIRE_CLIENT_NUM_RETRIES = ConfigProperty
       .key(LOCK_ACQUIRE_CLIENT_NUM_RETRIES_PROP_KEY)
-      .defaultValue(String.valueOf(0))
+      .defaultValue(String.valueOf(10))
       .sinceVersion("0.8.0")
       .withDocumentation("Maximum number of times to retry to acquire lock additionally from the lock manager.");