diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html
index fc5e05ffc..9275560cd 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-    
+
     <div class="form-row">
         <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-persist" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
         <label for="node-input-persist" style="width: auto" data-i18n="httpin.persist"></label>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
             paytoqs: {value: false},
             url:{value:"",validate:function(v) { return (v.trim().length === 0) || (v.indexOf("://") === -1) || (v.trim().indexOf("http") === 0)} },
             tls: {type:"tls-config",required: false},
-            "persist":{value:true},
+            persist: {value:false},
             proxy: {type:"http proxy",required: false},
             authType: {value: ""}
         },