diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff4d7cfbf94..6b5cc10f714 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
 - Remove privacy test classes support [#7569](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7569)
+- Set default value for sync-min-peers to 1 
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix mounted data path directory permissions for besu user [#7575](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7575)
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/DefaultCommandValues.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/DefaultCommandValues.java
index ba05f455246..e1fc839c340 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/DefaultCommandValues.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/DefaultCommandValues.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public interface DefaultCommandValues {
   JwtAlgorithm DEFAULT_JWT_ALGORITHM = JwtAlgorithm.RS256;
 
   /** The constant SYNC_MIN_PEER_COUNT. */
-  int SYNC_MIN_PEER_COUNT = 5;
+  int SYNC_MIN_PEER_COUNT = 1;
 
   /** The constant DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS. */
   int DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS = 25;
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
index 99b45ada1b8..e8a3d1e1c71 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ public void checkValidDefaultFastSyncMinPeers() {
 
     final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfig = syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue();
     assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.FAST);
-    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMinimumPeerCount()).isEqualTo(5);
+    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMinimumPeerCount()).isEqualTo(1);
     assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
   }
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java
index 4cdd8163d95..70e6bdbfb49 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public void noOverrideDefaultValuesIfKeyIsNotPresentInConfigFile() {
 
     final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfig = syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue();
     assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.SNAP);
-    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMinimumPeerCount()).isEqualTo(5);
+    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMinimumPeerCount()).isEqualTo(1);
 
     assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();