diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
index 5c7067c6686..80f760e2e73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ jobs:
             -DKokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_CODE_4=ON \
             -DKokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS=OFF \
             -DKokkos_ENABLE_COMPILER_WARNINGS=ON \
-            -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN=ON \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Werror ${{ matrix.cxx_extra_flags }}" \
             -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="${{ matrix.extra_linker_flags }}" \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.cxx }} \
diff --git a/.jenkins b/.jenkins
index 7013394a062..1cbea31c582 100644
--- a/.jenkins
+++ b/.jenkins
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ pipeline {
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA_LAMBDA=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP=ON \
-                                -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_NVHPC_AS_DEVICE_COMPILER=ON \
                               .. && \
                               make -j8 && ctest --verbose'''
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ pipeline {
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_BENCHMARKS=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_HIP=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP=ON \
+                                -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN=OFF \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_HIP_MULTIPLE_KERNEL_INSTANTIATIONS=ON \
                               .. && \
                               make -j8 && ctest --verbose'''
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ pipeline {
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA_RELOCATABLE_DEVICE_CODE=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_CODE_4=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS=OFF \
-                                -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN=ON \
                                 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD}/../install \
                               .. && \
                               make -j8 install && \
@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ pipeline {
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA_LAMBDA=ON \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_LIBDL=OFF \
-                                -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN=ON \
+                                -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN=OFF \
                                 -DKokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_CUDA_MALLOC_ASYNC=OFF \
                               .. && \
                               make -j8 && ctest --verbose && \
diff --git a/cmake/kokkos_enable_options.cmake b/cmake/kokkos_enable_options.cmake
index 32788e7aa0f..c4f95aa84ea 100644
--- a/cmake/kokkos_enable_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/kokkos_enable_options.cmake
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(IMPL_HIP_UNIFIED_MEMORY OFF "Whether to leverage unified me
 KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(DESUL_ATOMICS_EXTERNAL OFF "Whether to use an external desul installation")
 KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(ATOMICS_BYPASS OFF "**NOT RECOMMENDED** Whether to make atomics non-atomic for non-threaded MPI-only use cases")
 
-KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(IMPL_MDSPAN OFF "Whether to enable experimental mdspan support")
+KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(IMPL_MDSPAN ON "Whether to enable experimental mdspan support")
 KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(MDSPAN_EXTERNAL OFF BOOL "Whether to use an external version of mdspan")
 KOKKOS_ENABLE_OPTION(IMPL_SKIP_COMPILER_MDSPAN ON BOOL "Whether to use an internal version of mdspan even if the compiler supports mdspan")
 mark_as_advanced(Kokkos_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN)