diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
index aeb3196966636..6ada0e8bcca74 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/FileSystemConfigurations.java
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ public final class FileSystemConfigurations {
   private static final int SIXTY_SECONDS = 60_000;
 
   // Retry parameter defaults.
-  public static final int DEFAULT_MIN_BACKOFF_INTERVAL = 3_000;  // 3s
-  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_BACKOFF_INTERVAL = 30_000;  // 30s
+  public static final int DEFAULT_MIN_BACKOFF_INTERVAL = 500;  // 500ms
+  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_BACKOFF_INTERVAL = 25_000;  // 25s
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_STATIC_RETRY_FOR_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_ENABLED = true;
   public static final int DEFAULT_STATIC_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1_000; // 1s
-  public static final int DEFAULT_BACKOFF_INTERVAL = 3_000;  // 3s
+  public static final int DEFAULT_BACKOFF_INTERVAL = 500;  // 500ms
   public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 30;
   public static final int DEFAULT_CUSTOM_TOKEN_FETCH_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public final class FileSystemConfigurations {
 
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_FLUSH = true;
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_DISABLE_OUTPUTSTREAM_FLUSH = true;
-  public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_AUTOTHROTTLING = true;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_AUTOTHROTTLING = false;
   public static final int DEFAULT_METRIC_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
   public static final int DEFAULT_METRIC_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_FS_AZURE_ACCOUNT_LEVEL_THROTTLING_ENABLED = true;
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestExponentialRetryPolicy.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestExponentialRetryPolicy.java
index 9ead6d196382e..1d289eabfa9bd 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestExponentialRetryPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/ITestExponentialRetryPolicy.java
@@ -96,6 +96,24 @@ public void testDefaultMaxIORetryCount() throws Exception {
     testMaxIOConfig(abfsConfig);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testClientSideThrottlingConfigs() throws Exception {
+    final Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+    configuration.setBoolean(FS_AZURE_ENABLE_AUTOTHROTTLING, true);
+    AbfsConfiguration abfsConfiguration = new AbfsConfiguration(configuration,
+            DUMMY_ACCOUNT_NAME);
+   Assertions.assertThat(abfsConfiguration.isAutoThrottlingEnabled())
+            .describedAs("Client-side throttling enabled by configuration key")
+            .isTrue();
+
+    configuration.unset(FS_AZURE_ENABLE_AUTOTHROTTLING);
+    AbfsConfiguration abfsConfiguration2 = new AbfsConfiguration(configuration,
+            DUMMY_ACCOUNT_NAME);
+    Assertions.assertThat(abfsConfiguration2.isAutoThrottlingEnabled())
+            .describedAs("Client-side throttling should be disabled by default")
+            .isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testThrottlingIntercept() throws Exception {
     AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d2775a813c96..38fb70046fb5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
       <id>${distMgmtSnapshotsId}</id>
       <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
       <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
     </repository>
     <repository>
       <id>repository.jboss.org</id>