diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/0-pipefail.yml b/changelogs/fragments/0-pipefail.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..473bd8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/0-pipefail.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+breaking_changes:
+- mysql_db - the ``pipefail`` argument's default value is set to ``true``.  If your target machines do not use ``bash`` as a default interpreter, set ``pipefail`` to ``false`` explicitly. However, we strongly recommend setting up ``bash`` as a default and ``pipefail=true`` as it will protect you from getting broken dumps you don't know about (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/407).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
index 4eec625..3d3c816 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ options:
     description:
     - Use C(bash) instead of C(sh) and add C(-o pipefail) to catch errors from the
       mysql_dump command when I(state=dump) and compression is used.
-    - The default is C(no) to prevent issues on systems without bash as a default interpreter.
-    - The default will change to C(yes) in community.mysql 4.0.0.
     type: bool
-    default: false
+    default: true
     version_added: '3.4.0'
   sql_log_bin:
     description:
@@ -637,7 +635,7 @@ def main():
         check_implicit_admin=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         config_overrides_defaults=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         chdir=dict(type='path'),
-        pipefail=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+        pipefail=dict(type='bool', default=True),
         sql_log_bin=dict(type='bool', default=True),
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/issue_256_mysqldump_errors.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/issue_256_mysqldump_errors.yml
index ea1768a..5598826 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/issue_256_mysqldump_errors.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/issue_256_mysqldump_errors.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         state: dump
         name: all
         target: /tmp/full-dump-without-t1.sql.gz
+        pipefail: false
       register: full_dump_without_t1_gz_without_fix
       ignore_errors: true
 
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
         state: dump
         name: db2
         target: /tmp/dump-db2-without_t1.sql.gz
+        pipefail: false
       register: dump_db2_without_t1_gz_without_fix
       ignore_errors: true