diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Transaction.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Transaction.hs
index 5b06f22b33..0afdb0b7a7 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Transaction.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Transaction.hs
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ pTransactionBuildEstimateCmd era _envCli = do
                       "Filepath of auxiliary script(s)")
           <*> many pMetadataFile
           <*> pFeatured (shelleyBasedToCardanoEra sbe) (optional pUpdateProposalFile)
-          <*> pVoteFiles sbe AutoBalance
-          <*> pProposalFiles sbe AutoBalance
+          <*> pVoteFiles sbe ManualBalance
+          <*> pProposalFiles sbe ManualBalance
           <*> pTxBodyFileOut
 
 pChangeAddress :: Parser TxOutChangeAddress