diff --git a/CHANGELOG-6.0.md b/CHANGELOG-6.0.md
index 34fde0ae2c..e979ae1ca5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-6.0.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-6.0.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ All notable changes of the phpMyAdmin 6.0 release series are documented in this
 * [#19794](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19794): Use `jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min.js` instead of `jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js`
 * [#19795](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19795): Use `additional-methods.min.js` instead of `additional-methods.js`
 * [#19564](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19564): Update the table comment field to a textarea
+* [#19947](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19947): Export ODS column headers by default
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/Config/Settings/Export.php b/src/Config/Settings/Export.php
index e048da6a9f..e5ac8c0e7d 100644
--- a/src/Config/Settings/Export.php
+++ b/src/Config/Settings/Export.php
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ final class Export
 
     /**
      * ```php
-     * $cfg['Export']['ods_columns'] = false;
+     * $cfg['Export']['ods_columns'] = true;
      * ```
      */
     public bool $ods_columns;
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ final class Export
     private function setOdsColumns(array $export): bool
     {
         if (! isset($export['ods_columns'])) {
-            return false;
+            return true;
         }
 
         return (bool) $export['ods_columns'];
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Export/ExportOds.php b/src/Plugins/Export/ExportOds.php
index ada82672b5..b90bb831a4 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Export/ExportOds.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Export/ExportOds.php
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class ExportOds extends ExportPlugin
             StructureOrData::Data,
         );
         $this->columns = (bool) ($request->getParsedBodyParam('ods_columns')
-            ?? $exportConfig['ods_columns'] ?? false);
+            ?? $exportConfig['ods_columns'] ?? true);
         $this->null = $this->setStringValue(
             $request->getParsedBodyParam('ods_null'),
             $exportConfig['ods_null'] ?? null,
diff --git a/tests/unit/Config/Settings/ExportTest.php b/tests/unit/Config/Settings/ExportTest.php
index 1802befb83..1b12002289 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Config/Settings/ExportTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Config/Settings/ExportTest.php
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class ExportTest extends TestCase
         yield 'invalid value 2' => [2, 0];
     }
 
-    #[DataProvider('booleanWithDefaultFalseProvider')]
+    #[DataProvider('booleanWithDefaultTrueProvider')]
     public function testOdsColumns(mixed $actual, bool $expected): void
     {
         $export = new Export(['ods_columns' => $actual]);