diff --git a/DEPRECATIONS.md b/DEPRECATIONS.md
index e88edf4edd..eb7f463638 100644
--- a/DEPRECATIONS.md
+++ b/DEPRECATIONS.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The following is a list of deprecations, according to the [Deprecation Policy](h
| DEPPS7 | Remove file trigger syntax `Parse.Cloud.beforeSaveFile((request) => {})` | [#7966](/~https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7966) | 5.3.0 (2022) | 7.0.0 (2024) | removed | - |
| DEPPS8 | Login with expired 3rd party authentication token defaults to `false` | [#7079](/~https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7079) | 5.3.0 (2022) | 7.0.0 (2024) | removed | - |
| DEPPS9 | Rename LiveQuery `fields` option to `keys` | [#8389](/~https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8389) | 6.0.0 (2023) | 7.0.0 (2024) | removed | - |
-| DEPPS10 | Config option `encodeParseObjectInCloudFunction` defaults to `true` | [#8634](/~https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8634) | 6.2.0 (2023) | 8.0.0 (2025) | deprecated | - |
+| DEPPS10 | Encode `Parse.Object` in Cloud Function and remove option `encodeParseObjectInCloudFunction` | [#8634](/~https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8634) | 6.2.0 (2023) | 9.0.0 (2026) | deprecated | - |
| DEPPS11 | Replace `PublicAPIRouter` with `PagesRouter` | [#7625](/~https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/7625) | 8.0.0 (2025) | 9.0.0 (2026) | deprecated | - |
[i_deprecation]: ## "The version and date of the deprecation."
diff --git a/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js b/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js
index 38e1d52d20..a934b5364a 100644
--- a/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js
+++ b/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
*
* If there are no deprecations, this must return an empty array.
*/
-module.exports = [{ optionKey: 'encodeParseObjectInCloudFunction', changeNewDefault: 'true' }];
+module.exports = [{ optionKey: 'encodeParseObjectInCloudFunction', changeNewKey: '' }]
diff --git a/src/Options/Definitions.js b/src/Options/Definitions.js
index 0fdc3b11e1..72a765955f 100644
--- a/src/Options/Definitions.js
+++ b/src/Options/Definitions.js
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ module.exports.ParseServerOptions = {
help:
'If set to `true`, a `Parse.Object` that is in the payload when calling a Cloud Function will be converted to an instance of `Parse.Object`. If `false`, the object will not be converted and instead be a plain JavaScript object, which contains the raw data of a `Parse.Object` but is not an actual instance of `Parse.Object`. Default is `false`.
\u2139\uFE0F The expected behavior would be that the object is converted to an instance of `Parse.Object`, so you would normally set this option to `true`. The default is `false` because this is a temporary option that has been introduced to avoid a breaking change when fixing a bug where JavaScript objects are not converted to actual instances of `Parse.Object`.',
action: parsers.booleanParser,
- default: false,
+ default: true,
},
encryptionKey: {
env: 'PARSE_SERVER_ENCRYPTION_KEY',
diff --git a/src/Options/index.js b/src/Options/index.js
index 3ad1919ec4..b6a7f831a3 100644
--- a/src/Options/index.js
+++ b/src/Options/index.js
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export interface ParseServerOptions {
/* Adapter module for email sending */
emailAdapter: ?Adapter;
/* If set to `true`, a `Parse.Object` that is in the payload when calling a Cloud Function will be converted to an instance of `Parse.Object`. If `false`, the object will not be converted and instead be a plain JavaScript object, which contains the raw data of a `Parse.Object` but is not an actual instance of `Parse.Object`. Default is `false`.
ℹ️ The expected behavior would be that the object is converted to an instance of `Parse.Object`, so you would normally set this option to `true`. The default is `false` because this is a temporary option that has been introduced to avoid a breaking change when fixing a bug where JavaScript objects are not converted to actual instances of `Parse.Object`.
- :DEFAULT: false */
+ :DEFAULT: true */
encodeParseObjectInCloudFunction: ?boolean;
/* Public URL to your parse server with http:// or https://.
:ENV: PARSE_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL */