diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil.scala
index 7b00349a4f27a..d73e2ca6bd9d4 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/ResolveDefaultColumnsUtil.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogDatabase, InMemoryCatalog, SessionCatalog}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Literal => ExprLiteral}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.ConstantFolding
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.{ConstantFolding, ReplaceExpressions}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.{CatalystSqlParser, ParseException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.TreePattern.PLAN_EXPRESSION
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ object ResolveDefaultColumns extends QueryErrorsBase
       val analyzer: Analyzer = DefaultColumnAnalyzer
       val analyzed = analyzer.execute(Project(Seq(Alias(parsed, colName)()), OneRowRelation()))
       analyzer.checkAnalysis(analyzed)
-      ConstantFolding(analyzed)
+      ConstantFolding(ReplaceExpressions(analyzed))
     } catch {
       case ex: AnalysisException =>
         throw QueryCompilationErrors.defaultValuesUnresolvedExprError(
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ResolveDefaultColumnsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ResolveDefaultColumnsSuite.scala
index 48a9564ab8f95..bca1472799939 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ResolveDefaultColumnsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ResolveDefaultColumnsSuite.scala
@@ -279,4 +279,12 @@ class ResolveDefaultColumnsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
       checkAnswer(sql("select CAST(c as STRING) from t"), Row("2018-11-17 13:33:33"))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-48033: default columns using runtime replaceable expression works") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE t(v VARIANT DEFAULT parse_json('1')) USING PARQUET")
+      sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES(DEFAULT)")
+      checkAnswer(sql("select v from t"), sql("select parse_json('1')").collect())
+    }
+  }
 }