diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 770d139cef..46e3323c9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ public static boolean areNodeLabelsEnabled(
       RM_PREFIX + "am-scheduling.node-blacklisting-enabled";
   @Private
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_AM_SCHEDULING_NODE_BLACKLISTING_ENABLED =
-      true;
+      false;
 
   @Private
   /**
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ public static boolean areNodeLabelsEnabled(
       RM_PREFIX + "am-scheduling.node-blacklisting-disable-threshold";
   @Private
   public static final float
-      DEFAULT_AM_SCHEDULING_NODE_BLACKLISTING_DISABLE_THRESHOLD = 0.8f;
+      DEFAULT_AM_SCHEDULING_NODE_BLACKLISTING_DISABLE_THRESHOLD = 0.2f;
 
   private static final String NM_SCRIPT_BASED_NODE_LABELS_PROVIDER_PREFIX =
       NM_NODE_LABELS_PROVIDER_PREFIX + "script.";