diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
index 5d2ccd28a5f..cc629d472cd 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (o *Options) BindFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup, "default-volumes-to-fs-backup", o.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup, "Bool flag to configure Velero server to use pod volume file system backup by default for all volumes on all backups. Optional.")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.UploaderType, "uploader-type", o.UploaderType, fmt.Sprintf("The type of uploader to transfer the data of pod volumes, the supported values are '%s', '%s'", uploader.ResticType, uploader.KopiaType))
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.DefaultSnapshotMoveData, "default-snapshot-move-data", o.DefaultSnapshotMoveData, "Bool flag to configure Velero server to move data by default for all snapshots supporting data movement. Optional.")
-	flags.BoolVar(&o.DisableInformerCache, "disable-informer-cache", o.DisableInformerCache, "Disable informer cache for Get calls on restore. With this enabled, it will speed up restore in cases where there are backup resources which already exist in the cluster, but for very large clusters this will increase velero memory usage. Default is false (don't disable). Optional.")
+	flags.BoolVar(&o.DisableInformerCache, "disable-informer-cache", o.DisableInformerCache, "Disable informer cache for Get calls on restore. With this enabled, it will speed up restore in cases where there are backup resources which already exist in the cluster, but for very large clusters this will increase velero memory usage. Default is true (disable). Optional.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.ScheduleSkipImmediately, "schedule-skip-immediately", o.ScheduleSkipImmediately, "Skip the first scheduled backup immediately after creating a schedule. Default is false (don't skip).")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/server.go b/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
index 85930137365..1b5512f295b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ const (
 	defaultCredentialsDirectory = "/tmp/credentials"
 
 	defaultMaxConcurrentK8SConnections = 30
-	defaultDisableInformerCache        = false
+	defaultDisableInformerCache        = true
 )
 
 type serverConfig struct {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func NewCommand(f client.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().DurationVar(&config.resourceTimeout, "resource-timeout", config.resourceTimeout, "How long to wait for resource processes which are not covered by other specific timeout parameters. Default is 10 minutes.")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&config.maxConcurrentK8SConnections, "max-concurrent-k8s-connections", config.maxConcurrentK8SConnections, "Max concurrent connections number that Velero can create with kube-apiserver. Default is 30.")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&config.defaultSnapshotMoveData, "default-snapshot-move-data", config.defaultSnapshotMoveData, "Move data by default for all snapshots supporting data movement.")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&config.disableInformerCache, "disable-informer-cache", config.disableInformerCache, "Disable informer cache for Get calls on restore. With this enabled, it will speed up restore in cases where there are backup resources which already exist in the cluster, but for very large clusters this will increase velero memory usage. Default is false (don't disable).")
+	command.Flags().BoolVar(&config.disableInformerCache, "disable-informer-cache", config.disableInformerCache, "Disable informer cache for Get calls on restore. With this enabled, it will speed up restore in cases where there are backup resources which already exist in the cluster, but for very large clusters this will increase velero memory usage. Default is true (disable).")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&config.scheduleSkipImmediately, "schedule-skip-immediately", config.scheduleSkipImmediately, "Skip the first scheduled backup immediately after creating a schedule. Default is false (don't skip).")
 
 	return command