diff --git a/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/emitter_request.ts b/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/emitter_request.ts
index c5b1b19a7..869dc9528 100644
--- a/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/emitter_request.ts
+++ b/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/emitter_request.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function newEmitterRequest({
   eventMethod = 'post',
   customHeaders,
   connectionTimeout,
-  keepalive = true,
+  keepalive = false,
   postPath = '/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow/tp2',
   useStm = true,
   maxPostBytes = 40000,
diff --git a/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/index.ts b/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/index.ts
index 49518e8f9..ca142b7cf 100644
--- a/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/index.ts
+++ b/libraries/tracker-core/src/emitter/index.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ export interface EmitterConfigurationBase {
   /**
    * Indicates that the request should be allowed to outlive the webpage that initiated it.
    * Enables collector requests to complete even if the page is closed or navigated away from.
-   * @defaultValue true (not supported in Node.js)
+   * Note: Browsers put a limit on keepalive requests of 64KB. In case of multiple keepalive requests in parallel (may happen in case of multiple trackers), the limit is shared.
+   * @defaultValue false
    */
   keepalive?: boolean;
   /**
diff --git a/libraries/tracker-core/test/emitter/emitter_request.test.ts b/libraries/tracker-core/test/emitter/emitter_request.test.ts
index 05342b931..15acb533a 100644
--- a/libraries/tracker-core/test/emitter/emitter_request.test.ts
+++ b/libraries/tracker-core/test/emitter/emitter_request.test.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ test('toRequest returns a Request object with default settings', (t) => {
   t.is(req.method, 'POST');
   t.is(req.headers.get('Content-Type'), 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
   t.is(req.headers.get('SP-Anonymous'), null);
-  t.is(req.keepalive, true);
 });
 
 test('toRequest builds a GET request when method is get', (t) => {
@@ -194,12 +193,12 @@ test('toRequest includes server anonymization header', (t) => {
 test('toRequest contains keepalive', (t) => {
   const request = newEmitterRequest({
     endpoint: 'https://example.com',
-    keepalive: false,
+    keepalive: true,
   });
 
   t.true(request.addEvent(newEmitterEventFromPayload({ e: 'pv', p: 'web' })));
   const req = request.toRequest()!;
-  t.is(req.keepalive, false);
+  t.is(req.keepalive, true);
 });
 
 test('toRequest URL contains custom POST path', (t) => {