diff --git a/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml
index 2f8aece62..5455811ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
+    paths: &paths
       - 'src/**'
       - '.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml'
       - 'composer.json'
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ on:
 
   push:
     branches: ['master']
-    paths:
-      - 'src/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml'
-      - 'composer.json'
-      - 'composer-require-checker.json'
+    paths: *paths
 
 name: Composer require checker
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rector-cs.yml b/.github/workflows/rector-cs.yml
index f5b581b1a..1bff7b99d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rector-cs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rector-cs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'src/**'
+      - 'config/**'
       - 'tests/**'
       - '.github/workflows/rector-cs.yml'
       - 'composer.json'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.yml b/.github/workflows/static.yml
index 287f4ac96..2041ed935 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
+    paths: &paths
       - 'src/**'
+      - 'config/**'
       - '.github/workflows/static.yml'
       - 'psalm*.xml'
       - 'composer.json'
 
   push:
     branches: ['master']
-    paths:
-      - 'src/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/static.yml'
-      - 'psalm*.xml'
-      - 'composer.json'
+    paths: *paths
 
 name: Static analysis
 
@@ -25,6 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: yiisoft/actions/.github/workflows/psalm.yml@master
     with:
       php: >-
-        ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
       required-packages: >-
         ['db']
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3ea2779f..f3d98ef43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - Bug #550: Relation query should be created by related class, not primary model class (@batyrmastyr)
 - Enh #571: Optimize performance of `ActiveRecord::get()` method (@Tigrov)
 - Enh #575: Remove check for empty string in `AbstractActiveRecord::markPropertyChanged()` method (@Tigrov)
+- Enh #576: Add default config for `yiisoft/config` plugin (@Tigrov)
 
 ## 1.0.2 March 11, 2026
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 14ee2f66c..0c0766f7e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
         "yiisoft/event-dispatcher": "^1.1",
         "yiisoft/factory": "^1.3",
         "yiisoft/psr-dummy-provider": "^1.0",
-        "yiisoft/test-support": "^3.0.2"
+        "yiisoft/test-support": "^3.0.2",
+        "yiisoft/yii-runner": "^2.2"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "yiisoft/arrays": "For \\Yiisoft\\Arrays\\ArrayableInterface support",
@@ -75,13 +76,20 @@
             "bin-links": true,
             "target-directory": "tools",
             "forward-command": true
+        },
+        "config-plugin-options": {
+            "source-directory": "config"
+        },
+        "config-plugin": {
+            "bootstrap": "bootstrap.php"
         }
     },
     "config": {
         "sort-packages": true,
         "allow-plugins": {
             "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": true,
-            "composer/package-versions-deprecated": true
+            "composer/package-versions-deprecated": true,
+            "yiisoft/config": false
         }
     },
     "scripts": {
diff --git a/config/bootstrap.php b/config/bootstrap.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b66d7068c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/bootstrap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Connection\ConnectionInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Connection\ConnectionProvider;
+
+/**
+ * @psalm-var list<callable(ContainerInterface): void>
+ */
+return [
+    static function (ContainerInterface $container): void {
+        ConnectionProvider::set($container->get(ConnectionInterface::class));
+    },
+];
diff --git a/tests/Driver/Sqlite/ConfigTest.php b/tests/Driver/Sqlite/ConfigTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ba7226d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Driver/Sqlite/ConfigTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Yiisoft\ActiveRecord\Tests\Driver\Sqlite;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Connection\ConnectionInterface;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Connection\ConnectionProvider;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Sqlite\Connection as SQLiteConnection;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Sqlite\Driver as SQLiteDriver;
+use Yiisoft\Di\Container;
+use Yiisoft\Di\ContainerConfig;
+use Yiisoft\Test\Support\SimpleCache\MemorySimpleCache;
+use Yiisoft\Yii\Runner\BootstrapRunner;
+
+use function dirname;
+
+final class ConfigTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        if (ConnectionProvider::has()) {
+            ConnectionProvider::get()->close();
+            ConnectionProvider::remove();
+        }
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    public function testBootstrap(): void
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainer();
+        $bootstrapList = $this->getBootstrapList();
+
+        $this->assertFalse(ConnectionProvider::has());
+
+        (new BootstrapRunner($container, $bootstrapList))->run();
+
+        $this->assertTrue(ConnectionProvider::has());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(SQLiteConnection::class, ConnectionProvider::get());
+    }
+
+    private function createContainer(): Container
+    {
+        $config = ContainerConfig::create()
+            ->withDefinitions([
+                CacheInterface::class => MemorySimpleCache::class,
+                ConnectionInterface::class => [
+                    'class' => SQLiteConnection::class,
+                    '__construct()' => [
+                        'driver' => new SQLiteDriver('sqlite::memory:'),
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ]);
+
+        return new Container($config);
+    }
+
+    private function getBootstrapList(): array
+    {
+        return require dirname(__DIR__, 3) . '/config/bootstrap.php';
+    }
+}