diff --git a/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/ArrowFlightServerIT.java b/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/ArrowFlightServerIT.java
index 6f0f47ad85af7..28a3374fc6ae6 100644
--- a/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/ArrowFlightServerIT.java
+++ b/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/ArrowFlightServerIT.java
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 import org.opensearch.arrow.flight.bootstrap.FlightService;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeRole;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.opensearch.test.FeatureFlagSetter;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -27,6 +30,11 @@ public class ArrowFlightServerIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
 
     private FlightClientManager flightClientManager;
 
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setupFeatureFlags() {
+        FeatureFlagSetter.set(FeatureFlags.ARROW_STREAMS_SETTING.getKey());
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
         return Collections.singleton(FlightStreamPlugin.class);
diff --git a/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/FlightStreamPluginTests.java b/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/FlightStreamPluginTests.java
index fd525c14181d1..3aad78c8ab39c 100644
--- a/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/FlightStreamPluginTests.java
+++ b/modules/arrow-flight-rpc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/arrow/flight/FlightStreamPluginTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.SecureTransportSettingsProvider;
+import org.opensearch.test.FeatureFlagSetter;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ExecutorBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 
 public class FlightStreamPluginTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     private Settings settings;
-    private FlightStreamPlugin plugin;
     private ClusterService clusterService;
 
     @Override
@@ -45,12 +45,44 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         when(clusterService.state()).thenReturn(clusterState);
         when(clusterState.nodes()).thenReturn(nodes);
         when(nodes.getLocalNodeId()).thenReturn("test-node");
-        plugin = new FlightStreamPlugin(settings);
     }
 
     public void testPluginEnableAndDisable() throws IOException {
-        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(settings);
 
+        Settings disabledSettings = Settings.builder()
+            .put("node.attr.transport.stream.port", "9880")
+            .put(ARROW_STREAMS_SETTING.getKey(), false)
+            .build();
+        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(disabledSettings);
+        FlightStreamPlugin disabledPlugin = new FlightStreamPlugin(disabledSettings);
+
+        Collection<Object> disabledPluginComponents = disabledPlugin.createComponents(
+            null,
+            clusterService,
+            mock(ThreadPool.class),
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null
+        );
+
+        assertTrue(disabledPluginComponents.isEmpty());
+        assertNull(disabledPlugin.getStreamManager().get());
+        assertTrue(disabledPlugin.getExecutorBuilders(disabledSettings).isEmpty());
+        assertNotNull(disabledPlugin.getSettings());
+        assertTrue(disabledPlugin.getSettings().isEmpty());
+
+        assertNotNull(disabledPlugin.getSecureTransports(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null));
+
+        disabledPlugin.close();
+
+        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(settings);
+        FeatureFlagSetter.set(ARROW_STREAMS_SETTING.getKey());
+        FlightStreamPlugin plugin = new FlightStreamPlugin(settings);
         Collection<Object> components = plugin.createComponents(
             null,
             clusterService,
@@ -83,38 +115,6 @@ public void testPluginEnableAndDisable() throws IOException {
         assertFalse(settings.isEmpty());
 
         assertNotNull(plugin.getSecureTransports(null, null, null, null, null, null, mock(SecureTransportSettingsProvider.class), null));
-
         plugin.close();
-
-        Settings disabledSettings = Settings.builder()
-            .put("node.attr.transport.stream.port", "9880")
-            .put(ARROW_STREAMS_SETTING.getKey(), false)
-            .build();
-        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(disabledSettings);
-        FlightStreamPlugin disabledPlugin = new FlightStreamPlugin(disabledSettings);
-
-        Collection<Object> disabledPluginComponents = disabledPlugin.createComponents(
-            null,
-            clusterService,
-            mock(ThreadPool.class),
-            null,
-            null,
-            null,
-            null,
-            null,
-            null,
-            null,
-            null
-        );
-
-        assertTrue(disabledPluginComponents.isEmpty());
-        assertNull(disabledPlugin.getStreamManager().get());
-        assertTrue(disabledPlugin.getExecutorBuilders(disabledSettings).isEmpty());
-        assertNotNull(disabledPlugin.getSettings());
-        assertTrue(disabledPlugin.getSettings().isEmpty());
-
-        assertNotNull(disabledPlugin.getSecureTransports(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null));
-
-        disabledPlugin.close();
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/FeatureFlags.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/FeatureFlags.java
index 4f0462f0b5cdd..4be45aed70023 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/FeatureFlags.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/util/FeatureFlags.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class FeatureFlags {
     );
 
     public static final String ARROW_STREAMS = "opensearch.experimental.feature.arrow.streams.enabled";
-    public static final Setting<Boolean> ARROW_STREAMS_SETTING = Setting.boolSetting(ARROW_STREAMS, true, Property.NodeScope);
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> ARROW_STREAMS_SETTING = Setting.boolSetting(ARROW_STREAMS, false, Property.NodeScope);
 
     private static final List<Setting<Boolean>> ALL_FEATURE_FLAG_SETTINGS = List.of(
         REMOTE_STORE_MIGRATION_EXPERIMENTAL_SETTING,