diff --git a/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py b/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py
index 268176c4f607..a1c5f52b827e 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py
+++ b/deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def gen_arg_parser(cls, args_to_parse=None):
         common_group.add_argument(
             "--v2-port-enable",
             action="store_true",
-            default=False,
+            default=True,  # default is True to enable v2 mon port in downstream
             help="Enable v2 mon port(3300) for mons",
         )