diff --git a/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/default.json b/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/default.json
index b961455c0b..0e33b251e0 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/default.json
+++ b/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/default.json
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@
"apim.auth_manager.service_url" : "https://localhost:${mgt.transport.https.port}${carbon.context}services/",
"config_data.overwrite": "true",
"governance_data.overwrite": "true",
+ "config_data.readonly": "false",
+ "governance_data.readonly": "false",
"static_configuration.versioning_properties.enable": false,
"static_configuration.versioning_comments.enable": false,
"static_configuration.versioning_tags.enable": false,
diff --git a/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/templates/repository/conf/registry.xml.j2 b/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/templates/repository/conf/registry.xml.j2
index ed3aaba8e4..6996e0d091 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/templates/repository/conf/registry.xml.j2
+++ b/modules/distribution/product/src/main/resources/conf/templates/repository/conf/registry.xml.j2
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
gov
{{governance_data.cache_id}}
govregistry
- {{!governance_data.overwrite}}
+ {{governance_data.readonly}}
{{governance_data.enable_cache}}
/
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
conf
{{config_data.cache_id}}
configregistry
- {{!config_data.overwrite}}
+ {{config_data.readonly}}
{{config_data.enable_cache}}
/