diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributes.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributes.java
index 5859daafa86..4ebb7badea7 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributes.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributes.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class ContextConfigurationAttributes {
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
 	public ContextConfigurationAttributes(Class<?> declaringClass) {
-		this(declaringClass, EMPTY_LOCATIONS, EMPTY_CLASSES, false, (Class[]) EMPTY_CLASSES, true, ContextLoader.class);
+		this(declaringClass, EMPTY_LOCATIONS, EMPTY_CLASSES, true, (Class[]) EMPTY_CLASSES, true, ContextLoader.class);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributesTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributesTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32f8876f969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/ContextConfigurationAttributesTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.test.context;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link ContextConfigurationAttributes}.
+ *
+ * @author Sam Brannen
+ * @since 7.0.2
+ */
+class ContextConfigurationAttributesTests {
+
+	@Test  // gh-36000
+	void defaultsConstructor() {
+		var configAttributes = new ContextConfigurationAttributes(getClass());
+
+		assertThat(configAttributes.getDeclaringClass()).isEqualTo(getClass());
+		assertThat(configAttributes.getClasses()).isEmpty();
+		assertThat(configAttributes.getLocations()).isEmpty();
+		assertThat(configAttributes.getInitializers()).isEmpty();
+		assertThat(configAttributes.getContextLoaderClass()).isEqualTo(ContextLoader.class);
+		assertThat(configAttributes.isInheritInitializers()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(configAttributes.isInheritLocations()).isTrue();
+	}
+
+}