diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6a821a..e1d11fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Defaults:
 
 ```
 hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-update_hostname: no
+update_hostname: yes
 locales_gen:
   - en_US.UTF-8
   - de_DE.UTF-8
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a6f331e..fb6f250 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for common
 hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-update_hostname: no
+update_hostname: yes
 locales_gen:
   - en_US.UTF-8
   - de_DE.UTF-8