diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/vectors/es818/DirectIOLucene99FlatVectorsReader.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/vectors/es818/DirectIOLucene99FlatVectorsReader.java
index c989ee9ce15d4..d1c107ebe15a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/vectors/es818/DirectIOLucene99FlatVectorsReader.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/vectors/es818/DirectIOLucene99FlatVectorsReader.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 @SuppressForbidden(reason = "Copied from lucene")
 public class DirectIOLucene99FlatVectorsReader extends FlatVectorsReader implements OffHeapStats {
 
-    private static final boolean USE_DIRECT_IO = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("vector.rescoring.directio", "true"));
+    private static final boolean USE_DIRECT_IO = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("vector.rescoring.directio", "false"));
 
     private static final long SHALLOW_SIZE = RamUsageEstimator.shallowSizeOfInstance(DirectIOLucene99FlatVectorsReader.class);