diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb99cd31d2..d43f36adf7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Enable email notification step by default on Helm by @vadimkerr ([#2975](https://github.com/grafana/oncall/pull/2975))
 - Handle slack resolution note errors consistently ([#2976](https://github.com/grafana/oncall/pull/2976))
 
 ## v1.3.35 (2023-09-05)
diff --git a/helm/oncall/values.yaml b/helm/oncall/values.yaml
index 73f07b4def..cbb326a957 100644
--- a/helm/oncall/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/oncall/values.yaml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ oncall:
     # The key in the secret containing Telegram token
     tokenKey: ""
   smtp:
-    enabled: false
+    enabled: true
     host: ~
     port: ~
     username: ~