diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/config/ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/config/ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.java
index 3b739cc2ab..7b27dcf964 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/config/ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/config/ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public final class ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration {
    private static int DEFAULT_MAX_SAVED_REPLICATED_JOURNALS_SIZE = 2;
 
    // Will this server, if a backup, restart once it has been stopped because of failback or scaling down.
-   private static boolean DEFAULT_RESTART_BACKUP = false;
+   private static boolean DEFAULT_RESTART_BACKUP = true;
 
    // Whether a server will automatically stop when another places a request to take over its place. The use case is when a regular server stops and its backup takes over its duties, later the main server restarts and requests the server (the former backup) to stop operating.
    private static boolean DEFAULT_ALLOW_AUTO_FAILBACK = true;
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/FailoverTestBase.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/FailoverTestBase.java
index 1dfc9d62a4..bb711abbad 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/FailoverTestBase.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/FailoverTestBase.java
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ public abstract class FailoverTestBase extends ActiveMQTestBase {
 
    protected void setupHAPolicyConfiguration() {
       ((ReplicaPolicyConfiguration) backupConfig.getHAPolicyConfiguration()).setMaxSavedReplicatedJournalsSize(0).setAllowFailBack(true);
+      ((ReplicaPolicyConfiguration) backupConfig.getHAPolicyConfiguration()).setRestartBackup(false);
    }
 
    protected final void adaptLiveConfigForReplicatedFailBack(TestableServer server) {
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/ReplicatedFailoverTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/ReplicatedFailoverTest.java
index d846cc5058..f03326e36e 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/ReplicatedFailoverTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/failover/ReplicatedFailoverTest.java
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public class ReplicatedFailoverTest extends FailoverTest {
       if (isReplicatedFailbackTest) {
          ((ReplicatedPolicyConfiguration) liveConfig.getHAPolicyConfiguration()).setCheckForLiveServer(true);
          ((ReplicaPolicyConfiguration) backupConfig.getHAPolicyConfiguration()).setMaxSavedReplicatedJournalsSize(2).setAllowFailBack(true);
+         ((ReplicaPolicyConfiguration) backupConfig.getHAPolicyConfiguration()).setRestartBackup(false);
       }
       else {
          super.setupHAPolicyConfiguration();