diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 62f56d0e9..a78a7e66a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -124,13 +124,6 @@ jobs:
           composer require --no-update symfony/var-dumper:^7@dev
           composer require --no-update --dev symfony/cache:^7@dev
 
-      - name: "Remove proxy-manager-lts"
-        if: "${{ matrix.proxy != 'proxy-manager' }}"
-        run: |
-          # proxy-manager-lts is not installed by default and must not be used
-          # unless explicitly requested
-          composer remove --no-update --dev friendsofphp/proxy-manager-lts
-
       - name: "Install dependencies with Composer"
         uses: "ramsey/composer-install@v3"
         with:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2ae0368ac..6e98dadf9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "doctrine/event-manager": "^1.0 || ^2.0",
         "doctrine/instantiator": "^1.1 || ^2",
         "doctrine/persistence": "^3.2 || ^4",
+        "friendsofphp/proxy-manager-lts": "^1.0",
         "jean85/pretty-package-versions": "^1.3.0 || ^2.0.1",
         "mongodb/mongodb": "^1.17.0",
         "psr/cache": "^1.0 || ^2.0 || ^3.0",
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@
         "doctrine/annotations": "^1.12 || ^2.0",
         "doctrine/coding-standard": "^12.0",
         "doctrine/orm": "^3.2",
-        "friendsofphp/proxy-manager-lts": "^1.0",
         "jmikola/geojson": "^1.0",
         "phpbench/phpbench": "^1.0.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "~1.10.67",
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Configuration.php b/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Configuration.php
index ca61fcbfc..04ae28d7a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Configuration.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Configuration
 
     private bool $useTransactionalFlush = false;
 
-    private bool $useLazyGhostObject = true;
+    private bool $useLazyGhostObject = false;
 
     /**
      * Adds a namespace under a certain alias.