diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 41e45d2d..2792d3ea 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ author: 'GitHub'
 inputs:
   always-auth:
     description: 'Set always-auth in npmrc'
-    default: 'false'
+    default: 'true'
   node-version:
     description: 'Version Spec of the version to use.  Examples: 12.x, 10.15.1, >=10.15.0'
   node-version-file:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Target architecture for Node to use. Examples: x86, x64. Will use system architecture by default.'
   check-latest:
     description: 'Set this option if you want the action to check for the latest available version that satisfies the version spec'
-    default: false
+    default: true
   registry-url:
     description: 'Optional registry to set up for auth. Will set the registry in a project level .npmrc and .yarnrc file, and set up auth to read in from env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN'
   scope: