diff --git a/configs/jsonrpc.yaml.default b/configs/jsonrpc.yaml.default
index 82665a22544..f6436564e76 100644
--- a/configs/jsonrpc.yaml.default
+++ b/configs/jsonrpc.yaml.default
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 # rpc:
 #   enabled: true
 #   unix:
-#      restricted_api: true
+#      restricted_api: false
diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/files/jsonrpc.yaml.en.rst b/doc/admin-guide/files/jsonrpc.yaml.en.rst
index 86fb8f36839..26aff3942f2 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide/files/jsonrpc.yaml.en.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide/files/jsonrpc.yaml.en.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ File `jsonrpc.yaml` is a YAML format. The default configuration looks like:
    rpc:
      enabled: true
      unix:
-       restricted_api: true
+       restricted_api: false
 
 
 ===================== ==========================================================
diff --git a/mgmt/rpc/server/IPCSocketServer.h b/mgmt/rpc/server/IPCSocketServer.h
index 3a76bf42410..886646a01b8 100644
--- a/mgmt/rpc/server/IPCSocketServer.h
+++ b/mgmt/rpc/server/IPCSocketServer.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class IPCSocketServer : public BaseCommInterface
     int backlog{5};
     int maxRetriesOnTransientErrors{64};
     bool restrictedAccessApi{
-      true}; // This config value will drive the permissions of the jsonrpc socket(either 0700(default) or 0777).
+      NON_RESTRICTED_API}; // This config value will drive the permissions of the jsonrpc socket(either 0700(default) or 0777).
   };
 
   friend struct YAML::convert<rpc::comm::IPCSocketServer::Config>;