diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 350189c87..60f03640e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DTOML_ENABLE_FLOAT16=0")
 # set CXXFLAGS for build targets
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
 
-option(DEBUG_ADDRESS_SANITIZER "Enable Address Sanitizer in Debug builds" on)
+option(DEBUG_ADDRESS_SANITIZER "Enable Address Sanitizer in Debug builds" off)
 
 # If this is a Debug build turn on address sanitiser
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" AND DEBUG_ADDRESS_SANITIZER)