diff --git a/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation.rb
index 014f38ccd5..610bf5a5fc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         end
 
         option :peer_service, default: nil, validate: :string
-        option :db_statement, default: :include, validate: %I[omit obfuscate include]
+        option :db_statement, default: :obfuscate, validate: %I[omit obfuscate include]
 
         private
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/dalli/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation_test.rb b/instrumentation/dalli/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation_test.rb
index d426a4bf3b..512ba03599 100644
--- a/instrumentation/dalli/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/dalli/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/instrumentation_test.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   describe 'tracing' do
     before do
-      instrumentation.install
+      instrumentation.install(db_statement: :include)
     end
 
     it 'accepts peer service name from config' do
diff --git a/instrumentation/mysql2/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/mysql2/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation.rb
index 3e85c3ff3d..9a7b78ccbc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/mysql2/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/mysql2/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         end
 
         option :peer_service, default: nil, validate: :string
-        option :db_statement, default: :include, validate: %I[omit include obfuscate]
+        option :db_statement, default: :obfuscate, validate: %I[omit include obfuscate]
         option :span_name, default: :statement_type, validate: %I[statement_type db_name db_operation_and_name]
         option :obfuscation_limit, default: 2000, validate: :integer
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/mysql2/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation_test.rb b/instrumentation/mysql2/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation_test.rb
index e363980c73..6eb1ada726 100644
--- a/instrumentation/mysql2/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/mysql2/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mysql2/instrumentation_test.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   let(:instrumentation) { OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Mysql2::Instrumentation.instance }
   let(:exporter) { EXPORTER }
   let(:span) { exporter.finished_spans.first }
-  let(:config) { {} }
+  let(:config) { { db_statement: :include } }
 
   before do
     exporter.reset
diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation.rb
index bf6a4dcdcd..2eeb6ac668 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         end
 
         option :peer_service, default: nil, validate: :string
-        option :db_statement, default: :include, validate: %I[omit include obfuscate]
+        option :db_statement, default: :obfuscate, validate: %I[omit include obfuscate]
         option :obfuscation_limit, default: 2000, validate: :integer
 
         private
diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb b/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb
index 57bef47975..2ffe68c2d4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/instrumentation_test.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     let(:user) { ENV.fetch('TEST_POSTGRES_USER', 'postgres') }
     let(:dbname) { ENV.fetch('TEST_POSTGRES_DB', 'postgres') }
     let(:password) { ENV.fetch('TEST_POSTGRES_PASSWORD', 'postgres') }
-
+    let(:config) { { db_statement: :include } }
+    
     before do
       instrumentation.install(config)
     end