diff --git a/spacy/cli/package.py b/spacy/cli/package.py
index d2d87a3eb..67b1d3186 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/package.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def package_cli(
     version: Optional[str] = Opt(None, "--version", "-v", help="Package version to override meta"),
     build: str = Opt("sdist", "--build", "-b", help="Comma-separated formats to build: sdist and/or wheel, or none."),
     force: bool = Opt(False, "--force", "-f", "-F", help="Force overwriting existing data in output directory"),
-    require_parent: bool = Opt(False, "--require-parent/--no-require-parent", "-R", "-R", help="Include the parent package (e.g. spacy) in the requirements"),
+    require_parent: bool = Opt(True, "--require-parent/--no-require-parent", "-R", "-R", help="Include the parent package (e.g. spacy) in the requirements"),
     # fmt: on
 ):
     """