diff --git a/includes/Experiments.php b/includes/Experiments.php
index ed898d88a523..8805dc45a41f 100644
--- a/includes/Experiments.php
+++ b/includes/Experiments.php
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ public function get_experiments(): array {
 				'label'       => __( 'Caption hotlinking', 'web-stories' ),
 				'description' => __( 'Enable hotlinking of captions', 'web-stories' ),
 				'group'       => 'editor',
+				'default'     => true,
 			],
 			/**
 			 * Author: @spacedmonkey
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/integration/tests/REST_API/Hotlinking_Controller.php b/tests/phpunit/integration/tests/REST_API/Hotlinking_Controller.php
index 007dc992c356..a5c0c5abeb8f 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/integration/tests/REST_API/Hotlinking_Controller.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/integration/tests/REST_API/Hotlinking_Controller.php
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public function test_get_item_schema(): void {
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'mime_type', $properties );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'type', $properties );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'enum', $properties['type'] );
-		$this->assertEqualSets( [ 'audio', 'image', 'video' ], $properties['type']['enum'] );
+		$this->assertEqualSets( [ 'audio', 'image', 'video', 'caption' ], $properties['type']['enum'] );
 	}
 
 	/**