diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-ee.yaml b/.github/workflows/api-ee.yaml
index 8feec182c..f9a1730f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-ee.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-ee.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       skip_security_checks:
         description: 'Skip Security checks if there is a unfixable vuln or error. Value: true/false'
         required: false
-        default: 'true'
+        default: 'false'
   push:
     branches:
       - dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/api.yaml b/.github/workflows/api.yaml
index 9537d97b6..8e2f7fa7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       skip_security_checks:
         description: 'Skip Security checks if there is a unfixable vuln or error. Value: true/false'
         required: false
-        default: 'true'
+        default: 'false'
   push:
     branches:
       - dev