diff --git a/internal/platform/feature_flags.h b/internal/platform/feature_flags.h
index 9aae0f39..8ff66d12 100644
--- a/internal/platform/feature_flags.h
+++ b/internal/platform/feature_flags.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class FeatureFlags {
  public:
   // Holds for all the feature flags.
   struct Flags {
-    bool enable_cancellation_flag = false;
+    bool enable_cancellation_flag = true;
     bool enable_async_bandwidth_upgrade = true;
     // If a scheduled runnable is already running, Cancel() will synchronously
     // wait for the task to complete.
diff --git a/internal/platform/feature_flags_test.cc b/internal/platform/feature_flags_test.cc
index 3d4925ef..e6e4eedd 100644
--- a/internal/platform/feature_flags_test.cc
+++ b/internal/platform/feature_flags_test.cc
@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ namespace nearby {
 namespace {
 
 constexpr FeatureFlags::Flags kTestFeatureFlags{
-    .enable_cancellation_flag = true,
+    .enable_cancellation_flag = false,
     .keep_alive_interval_millis = 5000,
     .keep_alive_timeout_millis = 30000};
 
 TEST(FeatureFlagsTest, ToSetFeatureWorks) {
   const FeatureFlags& features = FeatureFlags::GetInstance();
-  EXPECT_FALSE(features.GetFlags().enable_cancellation_flag);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(features.GetFlags().enable_cancellation_flag);
 
   EXPECT_EQ(5000, features.GetFlags().keep_alive_interval_millis);
   EXPECT_EQ(30000, features.GetFlags().keep_alive_timeout_millis);
 
   MediumEnvironment& medium_environment = MediumEnvironment::Instance();
   medium_environment.SetFeatureFlags(kTestFeatureFlags);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(features.GetFlags().enable_cancellation_flag);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(features.GetFlags().enable_cancellation_flag);
 
   const FeatureFlags& another_features_ref = FeatureFlags::GetInstance();
-  EXPECT_TRUE(another_features_ref.GetFlags().enable_cancellation_flag);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(another_features_ref.GetFlags().enable_cancellation_flag);
 }
 
 }  // namespace