diff --git a/upstash_redis/asyncio/client.py b/upstash_redis/asyncio/client.py
index f805a39..fc9358e 100644
--- a/upstash_redis/asyncio/client.py
+++ b/upstash_redis/asyncio/client.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def __init__(
         rest_encoding: Optional[Literal["base64"]] = "base64",
         rest_retries: int = 1,
         rest_retry_interval: float = 3,  # Seconds.
-        allow_telemetry: bool = True,
+        allow_telemetry: bool = False,
         read_your_writes: bool = True,
     ):
         """
diff --git a/upstash_redis/client.py b/upstash_redis/client.py
index c2a9bc8..5c0fc5b 100644
--- a/upstash_redis/client.py
+++ b/upstash_redis/client.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def __init__(
         rest_encoding: Optional[Literal["base64"]] = "base64",
         rest_retries: int = 1,
         rest_retry_interval: float = 3,  # Seconds.
-        allow_telemetry: bool = True,
+        allow_telemetry: bool = False,
         read_your_writes: bool = True,
     ):
         """