diff --git a/.changeset/rekor-fetch-on-conflict.md b/.changeset/rekor-fetch-on-conflict.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5492f7ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rekor-fetch-on-conflict.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@sigstore/sign": patch
+---
+
+Fetch existing Rekor entries by default when a create request returns a conflict.
diff --git a/packages/sign/src/__tests__/witness/tlog/client.test.ts b/packages/sign/src/__tests__/witness/tlog/client.test.ts
index 241feceb3..6e4f69fef 100644
--- a/packages/sign/src/__tests__/witness/tlog/client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sign/src/__tests__/witness/tlog/client.test.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,23 @@ describe('TLogClient', () => {
           .reply(409, {}, { Location: `/api/v1/log/entries/${uuid}` });
       });
 
+      describe('by default', () => {
+        const subject = new TLogClient({ rekorBaseURL });
+
+        describe('when the fetch is successful', () => {
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            nock(rekorBaseURL)
+              .get(`/api/v1/log/entries/${uuid}`)
+              .reply(200, rekorEntry);
+          });
+
+          it('returns a tlog entry', async () => {
+            const entry = await subject.createEntry(proposedEntry);
+            expect(entry).toBeTruthy();
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
       describe('when fetchOnConflict is false', () => {
         const subject = new TLogClient({
           rekorBaseURL,
diff --git a/packages/sign/src/witness/tlog/client.ts b/packages/sign/src/witness/tlog/client.ts
index 0e133220c..c5ec490c4 100644
--- a/packages/sign/src/witness/tlog/client.ts
+++ b/packages/sign/src/witness/tlog/client.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class TLogClient implements TLog {
   private fetchOnConflict: boolean;
 
   constructor(options: TLogClientOptions) {
-    this.fetchOnConflict = options.fetchOnConflict ?? false;
+    this.fetchOnConflict = options.fetchOnConflict ?? true;
     this.rekor = new Rekor({
       baseURL: options.rekorBaseURL,
       retry: options.retry,