diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a961f5487..625b9c1d9 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ taskana.schemaName=TASKANA
 ####### property that control rest api security deploy use true for no security.
 devMode=false
 # This property enables the support of XSRF tokens. This will not work together with devMode.
-enableCsrf=true
+enableCsrf=false
 ####### property that control if the database is cleaned and sample data is generated
 generateSampleData=true
 ####### cache static resources properties