diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/config/DEFAULT_RMW_ZENOH_SESSION_CONFIG.json5 b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/config/DEFAULT_RMW_ZENOH_SESSION_CONFIG.json5
index e1bf138a..837896c0 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/config/DEFAULT_RMW_ZENOH_SESSION_CONFIG.json5
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/config/DEFAULT_RMW_ZENOH_SESSION_CONFIG.json5
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     },
     /// Shared memory configuration
     shared_memory: {
-      enabled: true, //
+      enabled: false,
     },
     /// Access control configuration
     auth: {
diff --git a/zenoh_c_vendor/CMakeLists.txt b/zenoh_c_vendor/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b3ebdf4..c46edbdc 100644
--- a/zenoh_c_vendor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zenoh_c_vendor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ find_package(ament_cmake_vendor_package REQUIRED)
 # Note: We separate the two args needed for cargo with "$<SEMICOLON>" and not ";" as the
 # latter is a list separater in cmake and hence the string will be split into two
 # when expanded.
-set(ZENOHC_CARGO_FLAGS "--no-default-features$<SEMICOLON>--features=zenoh/transport_tcp")
+set(ZENOHC_CARGO_FLAGS "--no-default-features$<SEMICOLON>--features=zenoh/transport_tcp zenoh/shared-memory")
 
 ament_vendor(zenoh_c_vendor
   VCS_URL https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-c.git