diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/__init__.py
index a82cef2000..0681e734ea 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/__init__.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def __init__(
         transaction_style="url",  # type: str
         middleware_spans=True,  # type: bool
         signals_spans=True,  # type: bool
-        cache_spans=False,  # type: bool
+        cache_spans=True,  # type: bool
         signals_denylist=None,  # type: Optional[list[signals.Signal]]
         http_methods_to_capture=DEFAULT_HTTP_METHODS_TO_CAPTURE,  # type: tuple[str, ...]
     ):
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/caching.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/caching.py
index 236da9f749..65bf2674e1 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/caching.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/caching.py
@@ -134,22 +134,10 @@ def _get_address_port(settings):
     return address, int(port) if port is not None else None
 
 
-def should_enable_cache_spans():
-    # type: () -> bool
-    from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
-
-    client = sentry_sdk.get_client()
-    integration = client.get_integration(DjangoIntegration)
-    from django.conf import settings
-
-    return integration is not None and (
-        (client.spotlight is not None and settings.DEBUG is True)
-        or integration.cache_spans is True
-    )
-
-
 def patch_caching():
     # type: () -> None
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+
     if not hasattr(CacheHandler, "_sentry_patched"):
         if DJANGO_VERSION < (3, 2):
             original_get_item = CacheHandler.__getitem__
@@ -159,7 +147,8 @@ def sentry_get_item(self, alias):
                 # type: (CacheHandler, str) -> Any
                 cache = original_get_item(self, alias)
 
-                if should_enable_cache_spans():
+                integration = sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(DjangoIntegration)
+                if integration is not None and integration.cache_spans:
                     from django.conf import settings
 
                     address, port = _get_address_port(
@@ -181,7 +170,8 @@ def sentry_create_connection(self, alias):
                 # type: (CacheHandler, str) -> Any
                 cache = original_create_connection(self, alias)
 
-                if should_enable_cache_spans():
+                integration = sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(DjangoIntegration)
+                if integration is not None and integration.cache_spans:
                     address, port = _get_address_port(self.settings[alias or "default"])
 
                     _patch_cache(cache, address, port)