diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
index 8c98032a8bc..1fbae858a84 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ func tunnelFlags(shouldHide bool) []cli.Flag {
 			Name:    "management-diagnostics",
 			Usage:   "Enables the in-depth diagnostic routes to be made available over the management service (/debug/pprof, /metrics, etc.)",
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_MANAGEMENT_DIAGNOSTICS"},
-			Value:   false,
+			Value:   true,
 		}),
 		selectProtocolFlag,
 		overwriteDNSFlag,
diff --git a/component-tests/test_management.py b/component-tests/test_management.py
index 5ebbc5ed333..cc6701fdee6 100644
--- a/component-tests/test_management.py
+++ b/component-tests/test_management.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_get_metrics(self, tmp_path, component_tests_config):
         config = component_tests_config(cfd_mode=CfdModes.NAMED, run_proxy_dns=False, provide_ingress=False)
         LOGGER.debug(config)
         config_path = write_config(tmp_path, config.full_config)
-        with start_cloudflared(tmp_path, config, cfd_pre_args=["tunnel", "--ha-connections", "1", "--management-diagnostics"], new_process=True):
+        with start_cloudflared(tmp_path, config, cfd_pre_args=["tunnel", "--ha-connections", "1"], new_process=True):
             wait_tunnel_ready(require_min_connections=1)
             cfd_cli = CloudflaredCli(config, config_path, LOGGER)
             url = cfd_cli.get_management_url("metrics", config, config_path)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_get_pprof_heap(self, tmp_path, component_tests_config):
         config = component_tests_config(cfd_mode=CfdModes.NAMED, run_proxy_dns=False, provide_ingress=False)
         LOGGER.debug(config)
         config_path = write_config(tmp_path, config.full_config)
-        with start_cloudflared(tmp_path, config, cfd_pre_args=["tunnel", "--ha-connections", "1", "--management-diagnostics"], new_process=True):
+        with start_cloudflared(tmp_path, config, cfd_pre_args=["tunnel", "--ha-connections", "1"], new_process=True):
             wait_tunnel_ready(require_min_connections=1)
             cfd_cli = CloudflaredCli(config, config_path, LOGGER)
             url = cfd_cli.get_management_url("debug/pprof/heap", config, config_path)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_get_metrics_when_disabled(self, tmp_path, component_tests_config):
         config = component_tests_config(cfd_mode=CfdModes.NAMED, run_proxy_dns=False, provide_ingress=False)
         LOGGER.debug(config)
         config_path = write_config(tmp_path, config.full_config)
-        with start_cloudflared(tmp_path, config, cfd_pre_args=["tunnel", "--ha-connections", "1"], new_process=True):
+        with start_cloudflared(tmp_path, config, cfd_pre_args=["tunnel", "--ha-connections", "1", "--management-diagnostics=false"], new_process=True):
             wait_tunnel_ready(require_min_connections=1)
             cfd_cli = CloudflaredCli(config, config_path, LOGGER)
             url = cfd_cli.get_management_url("metrics", config, config_path)