diff --git a/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/FirebaseFirestoreSettings.java b/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/FirebaseFirestoreSettings.java
index 486e59f0511..750e7ff0159 100644
--- a/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/FirebaseFirestoreSettings.java
+++ b/firebase-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/firestore/FirebaseFirestoreSettings.java
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ public final class FirebaseFirestoreSettings {
   @PublicApi public static final long CACHE_SIZE_UNLIMITED = -1;
 
   private static final long MINIMUM_CACHE_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024; // 1 MB
-  private static final long DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE_BYTES = 100 * 1024 * 1024; // 100 MB
+  // TODO(b/121269744): Set this to be the default value after SDK is past version 1.0
+  // private static final long DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE_BYTES = 100 * 1024 * 1024; // 100 MB
+  // For now, we are rolling this out with collection disabled. Once the SDK has hit version 1.0,
+  // we will switch the default to the above value, 100 MB.
+  private static final long DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE_BYTES = CACHE_SIZE_UNLIMITED;
   private static final String DEFAULT_HOST = "firestore.googleapis.com";
   private static final boolean DEFAULT_TIMESTAMPS_IN_SNAPSHOTS_ENABLED = false;
 
@@ -140,8 +144,9 @@ public Builder setTimestampsInSnapshotsEnabled(boolean value) {
      * guarantee that the cache will stay below that size, only that if the cache exceeds the given
      * size, cleanup will be attempted.
      *
-     * <p>The default value is 100 MB. The threshold must be set to at least 1 MB, and can be set to
-     * {@link FirebaseFirestoreSettings#CACHE_SIZE_UNLIMITED} to disable garbage collection.
+     * <p>By default, collection is disabled (the value is set to {@link
+     * FirebaseFirestoreSettings#CACHE_SIZE_UNLIMITED}). In a future release, collection will be
+     * enabled by default, with a default cache size of 100 MB. The minimum value is 1 MB.
      *
      * @return A settings object on which the cache size is configured as specified by the given
      *     {@code value}.