diff --git a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
index 3a82d649e1..c3983e0067 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_SETTINGS = {
         "renderableOnly": False,
         "stripNamespaces": True,
         "uvsOnly": False,
-        "uvWrite": False,
+        "uvWrite": True,
         "userAttr": "",
         "userAttrPrefix": "",
         "verbose": False,