diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ebbe83d5d7..f00bb633755 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 - Implemented [PostAggregateAndProofsV2](https://ethereum.github.io/beacon-APIs/?urls.primaryName=dev#/Validator/publishAggregateAndProofsV2) (adding support for Electra)
 - Added support for [Ephemery Testnet](https://github.com/ephemery.dev) `--network=ephemery`
 - Updated bootnodes for Holesky network
-- Added new `--p2p-flood-publish-enabled` parameter to control whenever flood publishing behaviour is enabled (applies to all subnets). Previous teku versions always had this behaviour enabled. Default is `true`.
+- Disabled flood publish behaviour on all p2p subnets. New `--p2p-flood-publish-enabled` parameter can be used to re-enable it, restoring previous behaviour.
 - Add a fix for [CVE-2024-7254](https://avd.aquasec.com/nvd/2024/cve-2024-7254/)
 - Updated LUKSO configuration with Deneb fork scheduled for epoch 123075 (November 20, 2024, 16:20:00 UTC)
 - Support for `IDONTWANT` libp2p protocol messages
diff --git a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/P2PConfig.java b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/P2PConfig.java
index 21b7a06e9f7..619bcbfa33f 100644
--- a/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/P2PConfig.java
+++ b/networking/eth2/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/eth2/P2PConfig.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static tech.pegasys.teku.networking.p2p.gossip.config.GossipConfig.DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.OptionalInt;
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.gossip.config.GossipConfigurator;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.eth2.gossip.encoding.GossipEncoding;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.p2p.discovery.DiscoveryConfig;
-import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.p2p.gossip.config.GossipConfig;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.networking.p2p.network.config.NetworkConfig;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.Spec;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.config.NetworkingSpecConfig;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public static class Builder {
     private boolean batchVerifyStrictThreadLimitEnabled =
         DEFAULT_BATCH_VERIFY_STRICT_THREAD_LIMIT_ENABLED;
     private boolean allTopicsFilterEnabled = DEFAULT_PEER_ALL_TOPIC_FILTER_ENABLED;
-    private Boolean isFloodPublishEnabled = GossipConfig.DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED;
+    private boolean isFloodPublishEnabled = DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED;
 
     private Builder() {}
 
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ public Builder peerRequestLimit(final Integer peerRequestLimit) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    public Builder isFloodPublishEnabled(final Boolean floodPublishEnabled) {
-      checkNotNull(floodPublishEnabled);
+    public Builder isFloodPublishEnabled(final boolean floodPublishEnabled) {
       this.isFloodPublishEnabled = floodPublishEnabled;
       return this;
     }
diff --git a/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/gossip/config/GossipConfig.java b/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/gossip/config/GossipConfig.java
index 4f7711beb1d..10b7099b794 100644
--- a/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/gossip/config/GossipConfig.java
+++ b/networking/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/networking/p2p/gossip/config/GossipConfig.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class GossipConfig {
   // After EIP-7045, attestations are valid for up to 2 full epochs, so TTL is 65
   // slots 1115 * HEARTBEAT = 1115 * 0.7 / 12 = 65.125
   static final Duration DEFAULT_SEEN_TTL = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL.multipliedBy(1115);
-  public static final Boolean DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED = Boolean.TRUE;
+  public static final Boolean DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED = false;
 
   private final int d;
   private final int dLow;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class GossipConfig {
   private final int history;
   private final Duration heartbeatInterval;
   private final Duration seenTTL;
-  private final Boolean floodPublishEnabled;
+  private final boolean floodPublishEnabled;
   private final GossipScoringConfig scoringConfig;
 
   private GossipConfig(
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ private GossipConfig(
       final int history,
       final Duration heartbeatInterval,
       final Duration seenTTL,
-      final Boolean floodPublishEnabled,
+      final boolean floodPublishEnabled,
       final GossipScoringConfig scoringConfig) {
     this.d = d;
     this.dLow = dLow;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public static class Builder {
     private Integer history = DEFAULT_HISTORY;
     private Duration heartbeatInterval = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL;
     private Duration seenTTL = DEFAULT_SEEN_TTL;
-    private Boolean floodPublishEnabled = DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED;
+    private boolean floodPublishEnabled = DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED;
 
     private Builder() {}
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public Builder seenTTL(final Duration seenTTL) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    public Builder floodPublishEnabled(final Boolean floodPublishEnabled) {
+    public Builder floodPublishEnabled(final boolean floodPublishEnabled) {
       this.floodPublishEnabled = floodPublishEnabled;
       return this;
     }
diff --git a/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/options/P2POptionsTest.java b/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/options/P2POptionsTest.java
index b32a6e29217..0afbc3add4e 100644
--- a/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/options/P2POptionsTest.java
+++ b/teku/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/cli/options/P2POptionsTest.java
@@ -340,9 +340,8 @@ public void allSubnetsShouldNotOverrideQueuesIfExplicitlySet() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void floodPublishEnabled_isSetCorrectly() {
-    final TekuConfiguration config =
-        getTekuConfigurationFromArguments("--p2p-flood-publish-enabled");
+  public void floodPublishEnabled_defaultIsSetCorrectly() {
+    final TekuConfiguration config = getTekuConfigurationFromArguments();
     assertThat(config.network().getGossipConfig().isFloodPublishEnabled())
         .isEqualTo(DEFAULT_FLOOD_PUBLISH_ENABLED);
   }