diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 6762c0d85..bb665359f 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ controller:
   # their own *-snippet annotations, otherwise this is forbidden / dropped
   # when users add those annotations.
   # Global snippets in ConfigMap are still respected
-  allowSnippetAnnotations: true
+  allowSnippetAnnotations: false
   # -- Required for use with CNI based kubernetes installations (such as ones set up by kubeadm),
   # since CNI and hostport don't mix yet. Can be deprecated once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/23920
   # is merged
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
index 0a7e44dce..d771d16b2 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The following table shows a configuration option's name, type, and the default v
 |[add-headers](#add-headers)|string|""||
 |[allow-backend-server-header](#allow-backend-server-header)|bool|"false"||
 |[allow-cross-namespace-resources](#allow-cross-namespace-resources)|bool|"true"||
-|[allow-snippet-annotations](#allow-snippet-annotations)|bool|true||
+|[allow-snippet-annotations](#allow-snippet-annotations)|bool|false||
 |[annotations-risk-level](#annotations-risk-level)|string|Critical||
 |[annotation-value-word-blocklist](#annotation-value-word-blocklist)|string array|""||
 |[hide-headers](#hide-headers)|string array|empty||
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Enables users to consume cross namespace resource on annotations, when was previ
 
 ## allow-snippet-annotations
 
-Enables Ingress to parse and add *-snippet annotations/directives created by the user. _**default:**_ `true`
+Enables Ingress to parse and add *-snippet annotations/directives created by the user. _**default:**_ `false`
 
 Warning: We recommend enabling this option only if you TRUST users with permission to create Ingress objects, as this
 may allow a user to add restricted configurations to the final nginx.conf file
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
index 0dafa78a2..09983308e 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ func NewDefault() Configuration {
 	defGlobalExternalAuth := GlobalExternalAuth{"", "", "", "", "", append(defResponseHeaders, ""), "", "", "", []string{}, map[string]string{}, false}
 
 	cfg := Configuration{
-		AllowSnippetAnnotations:          true,
+		AllowSnippetAnnotations:          false,
 		AllowCrossNamespaceResources:     true,
 		AllowBackendServerHeader:         false,
 		AnnotationValueWordBlocklist:     "",
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/snippet.go b/test/e2e/annotations/snippet.go
index 2bbd3e33a..80acafa93 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/snippet.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/snippet.go
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeAnnotation("configuration-snippet", func() {
 
 	ginkgo.It("set snippet more_set_headers in all locations", func() {
 		host := "configurationsnippet.foo.com"
+
+		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"allow-snippet-annotations": "true",
+		})
+
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/configuration-snippet": `more_set_headers "Foo1: Bar1";`,
 		}
@@ -76,10 +81,6 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeAnnotation("configuration-snippet", func() {
 			annotations)
 
 		f.UpdateNginxConfigMapData("allow-snippet-annotations", "false")
-		defer func() {
-			// Return to the original value
-			f.UpdateNginxConfigMapData("allow-snippet-annotations", "true")
-		}()
 
 		// Sleep a while just to guarantee that the configmap is applied
 		framework.Sleep()
diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/streamsnippet.go b/test/e2e/annotations/streamsnippet.go
index b5df50975..585e1425e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/streamsnippet.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/streamsnippet.go
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("stream-snippet", func() {
 	})
 
 	ginkgo.It("should add value of stream-snippet to nginx config", func() {
+
+		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"allow-snippet-annotations": "true",
+		})
+
 		host := "foo.com"
 
 		snippet := `server {listen 8000; proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:80;}`
diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/server_snippet.go b/test/e2e/settings/server_snippet.go
index 1577c927c..00588a26d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/settings/server_snippet.go
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/server_snippet.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("configmap server-snippet", func() {
 		hostAnnots := "serverannotssnippet1.foo.com"
 
 		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"allow-snippet-annotations": "true",
 			"server-snippet": `
 			more_set_headers "Globalfoo: Foooo";`,
 		})