diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 6060acbb1..cbd31291c 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@ Version: 3.x (for earlier see VERSION-2.x)
   `ToXmlGenerator.Feature` as `XmlWriteFeature`
 #701: Change 3.0 to use `module-info.java` directly, remove use of Moditect
 #725: Change `XmlWriteFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_OBJECT_NODE` default to `true`
+#727: Change `XmlWriteFeature.WRITE_NULLS_AS_XSI_NIL` default to `true`
+#728: Change `XmlWriteFeature.AUTO_DETECT_XSI_TYPE` default to `true`
+#729: Change `XmlWriteFeature.WRITE_XML_SCHEMA_CONFORMING_FLOATS` default to `true`
 - Add `XmlMapper.shared()`
 - Minimum Java baseline: Java 17
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlWriteFeature.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlWriteFeature.java
index 99431b4ee..8e42e2cc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlWriteFeature.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlWriteFeature.java
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ public enum XmlWriteFeature implements FormatFeature
      * If enabled, `xsi:nil` attribute will be added to the empty element; if disabled,
      * it will not.
      *<p>
-     * Feature is disabled by default for backwards compatibility.
+     * Default setting is {@code true} (enabled) in Jackson 3.x:
+     * it was {@code false} (disabled)in Jackson 2.x.
      */
-    WRITE_NULLS_AS_XSI_NIL(false),
+    WRITE_NULLS_AS_XSI_NIL(true),
 
     /**
      * Feature that determines writing of root values of type {@code ObjectNode}
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ public enum XmlWriteFeature implements FormatFeature
      * root element name is determined using normal logic (either explicitly
      * configured, or {@code ObjectNode} otherwise).
      *<p>
-     * Default setting is {@code true} (enabled) in Jackson 3.0:
-     * it was {@code false} in Jackson 2.x.
+     * Default setting is {@code true} (enabled) in Jackson 3.x:
+     * it was {@code false} (disabled)in Jackson 2.x.
      */
     UNWRAP_ROOT_OBJECT_NODE(true),
 
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@ public enum XmlWriteFeature implements FormatFeature
      * and output is indicated to be done as XML Attribute.
      * This is mostly desirable for Polymorphic handling where it is difficult
      * to specify XML Namespace for type identifier
+     *<p>
+     * Default setting is {@code true} (enabled) in Jackson 3.0:
+     * it was {@code false} (disabled)in Jackson 2.x.
      */
-    AUTO_DETECT_XSI_TYPE(false),
+    AUTO_DETECT_XSI_TYPE(true),
 
     /**
      * Feature that determines how floating-point infinity values are
@@ -92,9 +96,10 @@ public enum XmlWriteFeature implements FormatFeature
      * so there is no corresponding
      * {@link tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlReadFeature}.
      *<p>
-     * Feature is disabled by default for backwards compatibility.
+     * Default setting is {@code true} (enabled) in Jackson 3.0:
+     * it was {@code false} (disabled)in Jackson 2.x.
      */
-    WRITE_XML_SCHEMA_CONFORMING_FLOATS(false),
+    WRITE_XML_SCHEMA_CONFORMING_FLOATS(true),
     ;
 
     private final boolean _defaultState;
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/annotation/JacksonXmlRootElement.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/annotation/JacksonXmlRootElement.java
index fd3dbcc46..3d3612de1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/annotation/JacksonXmlRootElement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/annotation/JacksonXmlRootElement.java
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
  * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonRootName} instead.
  * About the only expected usage may be to have different root name for XML
  * content than other formats.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Since 2.4 use {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonRootName} instead
  */
 @Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.TYPE})
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Deprecated
 public @interface JacksonXmlRootElement
 {
     String namespace() default "";
diff --git a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/misc/RootNameTest.java b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/misc/RootNameTest.java
index 4ede0c222..044257f8e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/misc/RootNameTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/misc/RootNameTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.misc;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 import tools.jackson.databind.PropertyName;
 
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestUtil;
+import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlWriteFeature;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation.JacksonXmlRootElement;
 
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 // NOTE: even tho `@JacksonXmlRootElement` will be deprecated in near
-// future (possibly in 2.13) -- to be replaced by `@JsonRootName` -- this
+// future  -- to be replaced by `@JsonRootName` -- this
 // test will use it to ensure we handle both annotations as expected
+@SuppressWarnings({ "serial" })
 public class RootNameTest extends XmlTestUtil
 {
     static class RootBeanBase
@@ -31,19 +32,21 @@ public RootBeanBase(String v) {
         }
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     @JacksonXmlRootElement(localName="root")
     static class RootBean extends RootBeanBase
     {
         protected RootBean() { super(); }
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     @JacksonXmlRootElement(localName="nsRoot", namespace="http://foo")
     static class NsRootBean
     {
         public String value = "abc";
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     @JacksonXmlRootElement(localName="TheStrings")
     static class StringList extends ArrayList<String> {
         public StringList(String...strings) {
@@ -57,11 +60,13 @@ public StringList(String...strings) {
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
-    protected XmlMapper _xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
+    protected XmlMapper _xmlMapper = mapperBuilder()
+            .disable(XmlWriteFeature.WRITE_NULLS_AS_XSI_NIL)
+            .build();
 
     // Unit test to verify that root name is properly set
     @Test
-    public void testRootNameAnnotation() throws IOException
+    public void testRootNameAnnotation()
     {
         String xml = _xmlMapper.writeValueAsString(new StringBean());
         
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ public void testRootNameAnnotation() throws IOException
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDynamicRootName() throws IOException
+    public void testDynamicRootName()
     {
         String xml;
 
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ public void testDynamicRootName() throws IOException
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDynamicRootNameForList() throws IOException
+    public void testDynamicRootNameForList()
     {
         String xml;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java
index 78a27b1af..feb141526 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlGeneratorTest.java
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
 
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestUtil;
+import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlWriteFeature;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.ser.ToXmlGenerator;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class XmlGeneratorTest extends XmlTestUtil
 {
-    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = xmlMapper(true);
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = mapperBuilder(true)
+            .disable(XmlWriteFeature.WRITE_NULLS_AS_XSI_NIL)
+            .build();
 
     @Test
     public void testSimpleElement() throws Exception
diff --git a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserTest.java b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserTest.java
index f3284364f..280cf5531 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 public class XmlParserTest extends XmlTestUtil
 {
     protected final ObjectMapper _jsonMapper = new JsonMapper();
-    protected final XmlMapper _xmlMapper = newMapper();
+    protected final XmlMapper _xmlMapper = mapperBuilder()
+            // Test written for 2.x which does not unwrap nodes so
+            .disable(XmlWriteFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_OBJECT_NODE)
+            .build();
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************************