diff --git a/docs/deployment/settings.md b/docs/deployment/settings.md
index ba656a877..5c7c8ae13 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/settings.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/settings.md
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.connection\.timeout|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap
 kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.engine\.auth\.type|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>NONE</div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>The type of zookeeper authentication for engine, all candidates are <ul><li>NONE</li><li> KERBEROS</li><li> DIGEST</li></ul></div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>string</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.3.2</div>
 kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.namespace|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>kyuubi</div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>The root directory for the service to deploy its instance uri</div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>string</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.0.0</div>
 kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.node\.creation\.timeout|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>PT2M</div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>Timeout for creating zookeeper node</div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>duration</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.2.0</div>
-kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.publish\.configs|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>false</div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>Whether we should publish Kerberos configs to ZooKeeper.</div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>boolean</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.4.0</div>
+kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.publish\.configs|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>false</div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>When set to true, publish Kerberos configs to Zookeeper.Note that the Hive driver needs to be greater than 1.3 or 2.0 or apply HIVE-11581 patch.</div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>boolean</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.4.0</div>
 kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.quorum|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'></div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>The connection string for the zookeeper ensemble</div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>string</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.0.0</div>
 kyuubi\.ha\.zookeeper<br>\.session\.timeout|<div style='width: 65pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>60000</div>|<div style='width: 170pt;word-wrap: break-word;white-space: normal'>The timeout(ms) of a connected session to be idled</div>|<div style='width: 30pt'>int</div>|<div style='width: 20pt'>1.0.0</div>
 
diff --git a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/HighAvailabilityConf.scala b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/HighAvailabilityConf.scala
index 291ce69b4..8062b3866 100644
--- a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/HighAvailabilityConf.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/HighAvailabilityConf.scala
@@ -141,10 +141,11 @@ object HighAvailabilityConf {
       .stringConf
       .createOptional
 
-  val HA_ZK_PUBLIST_CONFIGS: ConfigEntry[Boolean] =
+  val HA_ZK_PUBLISH_CONFIGS: ConfigEntry[Boolean] =
     buildConf("ha.zookeeper.publish.configs")
-      .doc("Whether we should publish Kerberos configs to ZooKeeper.")
+      .doc("When set to true, publish Kerberos configs to Zookeeper." +
+        "Note that the Hive driver needs to be greater than 1.3 or 2.0 or apply HIVE-11581 patch.")
       .version("1.4.0")
       .booleanConf
-      .createWithDefault(UserGroupInformation.isSecurityEnabled)
+      .createWithDefault(false)
 }
diff --git a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/zookeeper/ServiceDiscoveryClient.scala b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/zookeeper/ServiceDiscoveryClient.scala
index 74d6a5989..f1bf4f104 100644
--- a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/zookeeper/ServiceDiscoveryClient.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/zookeeper/ServiceDiscoveryClient.scala
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.HighAvailabilityConf.HA_ZK_CONN_MAX_RETRY_WAIT
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.HighAvailabilityConf.HA_ZK_ENGINE_REF_ID
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.HighAvailabilityConf.HA_ZK_NAMESPACE
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.HighAvailabilityConf.HA_ZK_NODE_TIMEOUT
-import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.HighAvailabilityConf.HA_ZK_PUBLIST_CONFIGS
+import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.HighAvailabilityConf.HA_ZK_PUBLISH_CONFIGS
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.ServiceDiscovery
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.ZooKeeperClientProvider.buildZookeeperClient
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.zookeeper.ServiceDiscoveryClient.connectionChecker
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ object ServiceDiscoveryClient extends Logging {
       if (external) CreateMode.PERSISTENT_SEQUENTIAL
       else CreateMode.EPHEMERAL_SEQUENTIAL
     val znodeData =
-      if (conf.get(HA_ZK_PUBLIST_CONFIGS) && session.isEmpty) {
+      if (conf.get(HA_ZK_PUBLISH_CONFIGS) && session.isEmpty) {
         addConfsToPublish(conf, instance)
       } else {
         instance