diff --git a/auto-configurations/mcp/spring-ai-autoconfigure-mcp-server-common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/server/common/autoconfigure/properties/McpServerProperties.java b/auto-configurations/mcp/spring-ai-autoconfigure-mcp-server-common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/server/common/autoconfigure/properties/McpServerProperties.java
index 16119cef19e..67271eb6020 100644
--- a/auto-configurations/mcp/spring-ai-autoconfigure-mcp-server-common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/server/common/autoconfigure/properties/McpServerProperties.java
+++ b/auto-configurations/mcp/spring-ai-autoconfigure-mcp-server-common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/server/common/autoconfigure/properties/McpServerProperties.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class McpServerProperties {
 
 	private Capabilities capabilities = new Capabilities();
 
-	private ServerProtocol protocol = ServerProtocol.SSE;
+	private ServerProtocol protocol = ServerProtocol.STREAMABLE;
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets the duration to wait for server responses before timing out requests. This
diff --git a/spring-ai-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/api/mcp/mcp-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc b/spring-ai-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/api/mcp/mcp-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc
index 50dad12ca1e..111c91162c9 100644
--- a/spring-ai-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/api/mcp/mcp-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc
+++ b/spring-ai-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/api/mcp/mcp-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ Use the dedicated starter and the correct `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol` proper
 
 |===
 |Server Type | Dependency | Property
-| xref:api/mcp/mcp-stdio-sse-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_sse_webmvc_serve[SSE WebMVC] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=SSE` or empty
-| xref:api/mcp/mcp-streamable-http-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_streamable_http_webmvc_server[Streamable-HTTP WebMVC] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=STREAMABLE`
+| xref:api/mcp/mcp-streamable-http-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_streamable_http_webmvc_server[Streamable-HTTP WebMVC] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=STREAMABLE` or empty
+| xref:api/mcp/mcp-stdio-sse-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_sse_webmvc_serve[SSE WebMVC] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=SSE`
 | xref:api/mcp/mcp-stateless-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_stateless_webmvc_server[Stateless WebMVC] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=STATELESS`
 |===
 
 === WebMVC (Reactive)
 |===
 |Server Type | Dependency | Property
-| xref:api/mcp/mcp-stdio-sse-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_sse_webflux_serve[SSE WebFlux] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=SSE` or empty
-| xref:api/mcp/mcp-streamable-http-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_streamable_http_webflux_server[Streamable-HTTP WebFlux] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=STREAMABLE`
+| xref:api/mcp/mcp-streamable-http-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_streamable_http_webflux_server[Streamable-HTTP WebFlux] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=STREAMABLE` or empty
+| xref:api/mcp/mcp-stdio-sse-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_sse_webflux_serve[SSE WebFlux] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=SSE`
 | xref:api/mcp/mcp-stateless-server-boot-starter-docs.adoc#_stateless_webflux_server[Stateless WebFlux] | `spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webflux` | `spring.ai.mcp.server.protocol=STATELESS`
 |===