diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index 26964e8112..61fb3f9f9a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@
     "description": "Enable Mongo repositories.",
     "defaultValue": true
   },
+  {
+    "name": "spring.data.neo4j.open-in-view",
+    "defaultValue": true
+  },
   {
     "name": "spring.data.neo4j.repositories.enabled",
     "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 556a344584..16c49157a3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	# NEO4J ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.{sc-ext}[Neo4jProperties])
 	spring.data.neo4j.auto-index=none # Auto index mode.
 	spring.data.neo4j.embedded.enabled=true # Enable embedded mode if the embedded driver is available.
-	spring.data.neo4j.open-in-view=false # Register OpenSessionInViewInterceptor. Binds a Neo4j Session to the thread for the entire processing of the request.
+	spring.data.neo4j.open-in-view=true # Register OpenSessionInViewInterceptor. Binds a Neo4j Session to the thread for the entire processing of the request.
 	spring.data.neo4j.password= # Login password of the server.
 	spring.data.neo4j.repositories.enabled=true # Enable Neo4j repositories.
 	spring.data.neo4j.uri= # URI used by the driver. Auto-detected by default.