diff --git a/doc/source/ovn/migration.rst b/doc/source/ovn/migration.rst
index 14ad24e89f7..577afc24f99 100644
--- a/doc/source/ovn/migration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/ovn/migration.rst
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Perform the following steps in the undercloud
    * VALIDATE_MIGRATION - Create migration resources to validate the
      migration. The migration script, before starting the migration, boot a
      server and validates that the server is reachable after the migration.
-     Default: True.
+     Default: False
 
    * SERVER_USER_NAME - User name to use for logging into the migration
      instances.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/change-migration-validation-b030b02c5e1acd3d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/change-migration-validation-b030b02c5e1acd3d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94aa5e319c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/change-migration-validation-b030b02c5e1acd3d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    The OVN migration performs validation by default. This validation means an
+    instance is spawned and is tested by simple ping after the migration is
+    finished. Also it tries to create new workload post migration. This is
+    useful for very simple scenarios when migration is tested but is not
+    really useful in production since likely the production envrionments
+    already have running workloads. It makes more sense to require the
+    validation explicitly rather than implicitly run it as the migration
+    is mostly intended for production. The VALIDATE_MIGRATION now defaults to
+    False and needs to be changed to True if validation upon request.
diff --git a/tools/ovn_migration/tripleo_environment/ovn_migration.sh b/tools/ovn_migration/tripleo_environment/ovn_migration.sh
index 0a71b1a7619..e3ba6a8a313 100644
--- a/tools/ovn_migration/tripleo_environment/ovn_migration.sh
+++ b/tools/ovn_migration/tripleo_environment/ovn_migration.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LANG=C
 : ${PUBLIC_NETWORK_NAME:=public}
 : ${IMAGE_NAME:=cirros}
 : ${SERVER_USER_NAME:=cirros}
-: ${VALIDATE_MIGRATION:=True}
+: ${VALIDATE_MIGRATION:=False}
 : ${DHCP_RENEWAL_TIME:=30}
 : ${CREATE_BACKUP:=True}
 : ${BACKUP_MIGRATION_IP:=192.168.24.1} # TODO: Document this new var