diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/column/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/column/block.json
index 00e443b0ec0aff..41e3af52d6a6f9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/column/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/column/block.json
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 			"link": true
 		},
 		"spacing": {
-			"padding": true
+			"padding": true,
+			"__experimentalDefaultControls": {
+				"padding": true
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json
index 3b3ad5d804417e..ad0f0d892161b4 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@
 		"align": true,
 		"html": false,
 		"spacing": {
-			"padding": true
+			"padding": true,
+			"__experimentalDefaultControls": {
+				"padding": true
+			}
 		},
 		"color": {
 			"__experimentalDuotone": "> .wp-block-cover__image-background, > .wp-block-cover__video-background",
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/group/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/group/block.json
index b12fb400437c65..5e182cd0e9cba9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/group/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/group/block.json
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 			"link": true
 		},
 		"spacing": {
-			"padding": true
+			"padding": true,
+			"__experimentalDefaultControls": {
+				"padding": true
+			}
 		},
 		"__experimentalBorder": {
 			"color": true,