diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/ConfigRequest.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/ConfigRequest.java
index 1e46d1b16feb2..b07d8edde3d4c 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/ConfigRequest.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/ConfigRequest.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public final class ConfigRequest implements Parcelable {
      * Builder used to build {@link ConfigRequest} objects.
      */
     public static final class Builder {
-        private boolean mSupport5gBand = false;
+        private boolean mSupport5gBand = true;
         private int mMasterPreference = 0;
         private int mClusterLow = CLUSTER_ID_MIN;
         private int mClusterHigh = CLUSTER_ID_MAX;
diff --git a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareManagerTest.java b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareManagerTest.java
index 52bb28485c723..db8220b419100 100644
--- a/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareManagerTest.java
+++ b/wifi/tests/src/android/net/wifi/aware/WifiAwareManagerTest.java
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ public class WifiAwareManagerTest {
                 equalTo(configRequest.mClusterLow));
         collector.checkThat("mMasterPreference", 0,
                 equalTo(configRequest.mMasterPreference));
-        collector.checkThat("mSupport5gBand", false, equalTo(configRequest.mSupport5gBand));
+        collector.checkThat("mSupport5gBand", true, equalTo(configRequest.mSupport5gBand));
         collector.checkThat("mDiscoveryWindowInterval.length", 2,
                 equalTo(configRequest.mDiscoveryWindowInterval.length));
         collector.checkThat("mDiscoveryWindowInterval[2.4GHz]", ConfigRequest.DW_INTERVAL_NOT_INIT,