diff --git a/.chloggen/mx-psi_disable-strict-versioning.yaml b/.chloggen/mx-psi_disable-strict-versioning.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..677225ad0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/mx-psi_disable-strict-versioning.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: cmd/builder
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Temporarily disable strict versioning checks
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11129, 11152]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: | 
+  The strict versioning check may be enabled by default in a future version once all configuration providers are stabilized.
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/command.go b/cmd/builder/internal/command.go
index a738fb1c1f1..3af77178727 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/command.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/command.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ configuration is provided, ocb will generate a default Collector.
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.SkipGenerate, skipGenerateFlag, false, "Whether builder should skip generating go code (default false)")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.SkipCompilation, skipCompilationFlag, false, "Whether builder should only generate go code with no compile of the collector (default false)")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.SkipGetModules, skipGetModulesFlag, false, "Whether builder should skip updating go.mod and retrieve Go module list (default false)")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.SkipStrictVersioning, skipStrictVersioningFlag, false, "Whether builder should skip strictly checking the calculated versions following dependency resolution")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.SkipStrictVersioning, skipStrictVersioningFlag, true, "Whether builder should skip strictly checking the calculated versions following dependency resolution")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.Verbose, verboseFlag, false, "Whether builder should print verbose output (default false)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.LDFlags, ldflagsFlag, "", `ldflags to include in the "go build" command`)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.Distribution.Name, distributionNameFlag, "otelcol-custom", "The executable name for the OpenTelemetry Collector distribution")
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/command_test.go b/cmd/builder/internal/command_test.go
index d071efb312d..2f2a68f69ef 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/command_test.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/command_test.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func Test_applyCfgFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.SkipGenerate, cfg.SkipGenerate)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.SkipCompilation, cfg.SkipCompilation)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.SkipGetModules, cfg.SkipGetModules)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.SkipStrictVersioning, cfg.SkipStrictVersioning)
+			assert.True(t, cfg.SkipStrictVersioning)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.Excludes, cfg.Excludes)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.Exporters, cfg.Exporters)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want.Receivers, cfg.Receivers)