diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
index 979041ff9f5c6..0abc3e1a9ae82 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export const schema = {
 		process: {
 			doc: 'In what process workflows should be executed. Note: Own mode has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version as well as this setting.',
 			format: ['main', 'own'] as const,
-			default: 'main',
+			default: 'own',
 			env: 'EXECUTIONS_PROCESS',
 		},