diff --git a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala
index 22e0b2e62076..60ba9efcce65 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ object VeloxConfig {
           "on the grouping keys, and mark the ignoreNullKeys flag to true to " +
           "avoid unnecessary aggregation on null keys.")
       .booleanConf
-      .createWithDefault(true)
+      .createWithDefault(false)
 
   val FLOATING_POINT_MODE =
     buildConf("spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.floatingPointMode")
diff --git a/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/VeloxAggregateFunctionsSuite.scala b/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/VeloxAggregateFunctionsSuite.scala
index b5ebcf1785ec..fdaa4cdd550d 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/VeloxAggregateFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/VeloxAggregateFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -1203,7 +1203,9 @@ class VeloxAggregateFunctionsDefaultSuite extends VeloxAggregateFunctionsSuite {
         |  (select l_orderkey from lineitem) b
         |on a.l_orderkey = b.l_orderkey
         |""".stripMargin
-    withSQLConf(GlutenConfig.COLUMNAR_FORCE_SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      GlutenConfig.COLUMNAR_FORCE_SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+      VeloxConfig.VELOX_PROPAGATE_IGNORE_NULL_KEYS_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
       runQueryAndCompare(s) {
         df =>
           val executedPlan = getExecutedPlan(df)