diff --git a/.templates/new-scanner/values.yaml b/.templates/new-scanner/values.yaml
index 6c3272e87b..ff37f9f90a 100644
--- a/.templates/new-scanner/values.yaml
+++ b/.templates/new-scanner/values.yaml
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index 752633d3e8..30c61af9d4 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -140,4 +140,14 @@ These images are usually used for testing and demo purposes. If you use these im
 Previously scheduled scans generated by the container autodiscovery are named in the format `scan-image_name-at-image_hash`. The resulting scan pod will be called `scan-scan-image_name-at-image_hash`. 
 To avoid the duplicate “scan-scan”, the scheduled scans from the container autodiscovery are renamed. As a result, the container autodiscovery will no longer correctly “recognize” the old scans anymore. It will instead create new scans according to the new naming scheme. The old scheduled scans must be deleted manually.
 
-➡️  [Reference: #1193](https://github.com/secureCodeBox/secureCodeBox/pull/1193)
\ No newline at end of file
+➡️  [Reference: #1193](https://github.com/secureCodeBox/secureCodeBox/pull/1193)
+
+
+### Cascading rules are disabled by default
+Having the Cascading rules enabled by default on scanner helm install, has led to some confusion on the users side as mentioned in issue [#914](https://github.com/secureCodeBox/secureCodeBox/issues/914). As a result Cascading rules will have to be explicitly enabled by setting the `cascadingRules.enabled` value to `true`. For example as so:
+```yaml
+helm upgrade --install nmap secureCodeBox/nmap --set=cascadingRules.enabled=true 
+```
+
+➡️  [Reference: #1347](https://github.com/secureCodeBox/secureCodeBox/pull/1347)
+
diff --git a/hooks/cascading-scans/Makefile b/hooks/cascading-scans/Makefile
index 94a78d464c..1b417f33df 100644
--- a/hooks/cascading-scans/Makefile
+++ b/hooks/cascading-scans/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ deploy-test-dep-nmap:
 		--set="parser.image.tag=$(IMG_TAG)" \
 		--set="scanner.image.tag=$(IMG_TAG)" \
 		--set="parser.env[0].name=CRASH_ON_FAILED_VALIDATION" \
-		--set-string="parser.env[0].value=true"
+		--set-string="parser.env[0].value=true" \
+		--set="cascadingRules.enabled=true"
 
 .PHONY: deploy-test-dep-ncrack
 deploy-test-dep-ncrack:
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ deploy-test-dep-ncrack:
 		--set="scanner.extraVolumes[0].name=ncrack-lists" \
 		--set="scanner.extraVolumes[0].secret.secretName=ncrack-lists" \
 		--set="scanner.extraVolumeMounts[0].name=ncrack-lists" \
-		--set="scanner.extraVolumeMounts[0].mountPath=/ncrack/"
+		--set="scanner.extraVolumeMounts[0].mountPath=/ncrack/" \
+		--set="cascadingRules.enabled=true"
 
 .PHONY: deploy-test-dep-sslyze
 deploy-test-dep-sslyze:
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ deploy-test-dep-sslyze:
 		--set="parser.image.repository=docker.io/$(IMG_NS)/$(parser-prefix)-sslyze" \
 		--set="parser.image.tag=$(IMG_TAG)" \
 		--set="parser.env[0].name=CRASH_ON_FAILED_VALIDATION" \
-		--set-string="parser.env[0].value=true"
+		--set-string="parser.env[0].value=true" \
+		--set="cascadingRules.enabled=true"
 
 .PHONY: deploy-test-deps-1 # Deploys dependencies for the nmap-ncrack test
 deploy-test-deps: deploy-test-dep-dummy-ssh deploy-test-dep-nmap deploy-test-dep-ncrack
diff --git a/scanners/cmseek/values.yaml b/scanners/cmseek/values.yaml
index ef010774b3..d957522a24 100644
--- a/scanners/cmseek/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/cmseek/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/gitleaks/values.yaml b/scanners/gitleaks/values.yaml
index e9e13d7be9..2a7e28ba2d 100644
--- a/scanners/gitleaks/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/gitleaks/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/kube-hunter/values.yaml b/scanners/kube-hunter/values.yaml
index f3772382b9..600b3de3b2 100644
--- a/scanners/kube-hunter/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/kube-hunter/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/ncrack/values.yaml b/scanners/ncrack/values.yaml
index 2fe88f2fe4..77deb6445c 100644
--- a/scanners/ncrack/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/ncrack/values.yaml
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/nikto/values.yaml b/scanners/nikto/values.yaml
index 9a1e55f8b9..3b7d4f0e63 100644
--- a/scanners/nikto/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/nikto/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/nmap/values.yaml b/scanners/nmap/values.yaml
index d57812ce9f..91275c4a71 100644
--- a/scanners/nmap/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/nmap/values.yaml
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/nuclei/values.yaml b/scanners/nuclei/values.yaml
index 63024c955d..03a80c5aa7 100644
--- a/scanners/nuclei/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/nuclei/values.yaml
@@ -120,4 +120,4 @@ nucleiTemplateCache:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/screenshooter/values.yaml b/scanners/screenshooter/values.yaml
index 4982f81c82..322f03f1aa 100644
--- a/scanners/screenshooter/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/screenshooter/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/semgrep/values.yaml b/scanners/semgrep/values.yaml
index 39ae7ebb64..d66b612d64 100644
--- a/scanners/semgrep/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/semgrep/values.yaml
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/ssh-scan/values.yaml b/scanners/ssh-scan/values.yaml
index 6fd110a5e8..5e77e217f0 100644
--- a/scanners/ssh-scan/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/ssh-scan/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/sslyze/values.yaml b/scanners/sslyze/values.yaml
index 930f105d81..11af29556f 100644
--- a/scanners/sslyze/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/sslyze/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/typo3scan/values.yaml b/scanners/typo3scan/values.yaml
index ccc0c3e88f..2fb6f3ab0d 100644
--- a/scanners/typo3scan/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/typo3scan/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/whatweb/values.yaml b/scanners/whatweb/values.yaml
index 9779f39042..ce8e083324 100644
--- a/scanners/whatweb/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/whatweb/values.yaml
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/zap-advanced/values.yaml b/scanners/zap-advanced/values.yaml
index b1da318b21..c75c772ca4 100644
--- a/scanners/zap-advanced/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/zap-advanced/values.yaml
@@ -184,4 +184,4 @@ zapConfiguration:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/scanners/zap/values.yaml b/scanners/zap/values.yaml
index 3445996dba..82c0a37921 100644
--- a/scanners/zap/values.yaml
+++ b/scanners/zap/values.yaml
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ scanner:
 
 cascadingRules:
   # cascadingRules.enabled -- Enables or disables the installation of the default cascading rules for this scanner
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false