diff --git a/src/cpp/src/llm_pipeline_static.cpp b/src/cpp/src/llm_pipeline_static.cpp
index 63a990f252..65f01ff193 100644
--- a/src/cpp/src/llm_pipeline_static.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/src/llm_pipeline_static.cpp
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ LLMPipelineFactory::create(const std::filesystem::path& models_path,
                            const std::string& device,
                            const ov::AnyMap& config) {
     auto properties = config;
-    const auto pipeline_mode = str_to_pipeline(pop_or_default(properties, "STATIC_PIPELINE", std::string("STATELESS")));
+    const auto pipeline_mode = str_to_pipeline(pop_or_default(properties, "STATIC_PIPELINE", std::string("STATEFUL")));
     if (pipeline_mode == StaticPipelineKind::STATEFUL) {
         return std::make_unique<ov::genai::static_llm::StatefulLLMPipeline>(models_path, tokenizer, device, properties);
     }
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<LLMPipelineImplBase> LLMPipelineFactory::create(const std::share
                                                                 const ov::AnyMap& properties,
                                                                 const ov::genai::GenerationConfig& generation_config) {
     auto properties_copy = properties;
-    const auto pipeline_mode = str_to_pipeline(pop_or_default(properties_copy, "STATIC_PIPELINE", std::string("STATELESS")));
+    const auto pipeline_mode = str_to_pipeline(pop_or_default(properties_copy, "STATIC_PIPELINE", std::string("STATEFUL")));
     if (pipeline_mode == StaticPipelineKind::STATEFUL) {
         return std::make_unique<ov::genai::static_llm::StatefulLLMPipeline>(model,
                                                                             model_desc,