diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
index 1f6d72c3a9a..30c59877aeb 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.json
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
         },
         "typescript.experimental.syntaxFolding": {
           "type": "boolean",
-          "default": false,
+          "default": true,
           "description": "%typescript.experimental.syntaxFolding%"
         }
       }
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts
index 193fb0ce9c0..cc7373b15ae 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export default class LanguageProvider {
 
 	private async initFoldingProvider(): Promise<void> {
 		let enable = workspace.getConfiguration().get(foldingSetting, false);
-		if (enable) {
+		if (enable && this.client.apiVersion.has280Features()) {
 			if (!this.foldingProviderRegistration) {
 				this.foldingProviderRegistration = languages.registerFoldingProvider(this.documentSelector, new (await import('./features/folderingProvider')).default(this.client));
 			}