diff --git a/cmd/bee/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/bee/cmd/cmd.go
index 6e88e74f714..41b45b467ef 100644
--- a/cmd/bee/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/bee/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (c *command) setAllFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(optionNameDBDisableSeeksCompaction, true, "disables db compactions triggered by seeks")
 	cmd.Flags().String(optionNamePassword, "", "password for decrypting keys")
 	cmd.Flags().String(optionNamePasswordFile, "", "path to a file that contains password for decrypting keys")
-	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameAPIAddr, ":1633", "HTTP API listen address")
+	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameAPIAddr, "127.0.0.1:1633", "HTTP API listen address")
 	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameP2PAddr, ":1634", "P2P listen address")
 	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameNATAddr, "", "NAT exposed address")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(optionNameP2PWSEnable, false, "enable P2P WebSocket transport")
diff --git a/cmd/bee/cmd/start_dev.go b/cmd/bee/cmd/start_dev.go
index c53158daeaa..4440b3fe441 100644
--- a/cmd/bee/cmd/start_dev.go
+++ b/cmd/bee/cmd/start_dev.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (c *command) initStartDevCmd() (err error) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameAPIAddr, ":1633", "HTTP API listen address")
+	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameAPIAddr, "127.0.0.1:1633", "HTTP API listen address")
 	cmd.Flags().String(optionNameVerbosity, "info", "log verbosity level 0=silent, 1=error, 2=warn, 3=info, 4=debug, 5=trace")
 	cmd.Flags().Uint64(optionNameDevReserveCapacity, 4194304, "cache reserve capacity")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSlice(optionCORSAllowedOrigins, []string{}, "origins with CORS headers enabled")
diff --git a/packaging/bee.yaml b/packaging/bee.yaml
index d3218d4e823..1c577ca4568 100644
--- a/packaging/bee.yaml
+++ b/packaging/bee.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Bee configuration - https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/working-with-bee/configuration
 
-## HTTP API listen address (default ":1633")
-# api-addr: :1633
+## HTTP API listen address (default "127.0.0.1:1633")
+# api-addr: 127.0.0.1:1633
 ## chain block time (default 15)
 # block-time: 15
 ## initial nodes to connect to (default [/dnsaddr/mainnet.ethswarm.org])
diff --git a/packaging/docker/env b/packaging/docker/env
index f578f1ea9c9..8c69d7c14e1 100644
--- a/packaging/docker/env
+++ b/packaging/docker/env
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 ### BEE
 
-## HTTP API listen address (default :1633)
-# BEE_API_ADDR=:1633
+## HTTP API listen address (default 127.0.0.1:1633)
+# BEE_API_ADDR=127.0.0.1:1633
 ## chain block time (default 15)
 # BEE_BLOCK_TIME=15
 ## initial nodes to connect to (default [/dnsaddr/testnet.ethswarm.org])
diff --git a/packaging/homebrew-amd64/bee.yaml b/packaging/homebrew-amd64/bee.yaml
index dc129fcd26f..c659865e193 100644
--- a/packaging/homebrew-amd64/bee.yaml
+++ b/packaging/homebrew-amd64/bee.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Bee configuration - https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/working-with-bee/configuration
 
-## HTTP API listen address (default ":1633")
-# api-addr: :1633
+## HTTP API listen address (default "127.0.0.1:1633")
+# api-addr: 127.0.0.1:1633
 ## chain block time (default 15)
 # block-time: 15
 ## initial nodes to connect to (default [/dnsaddr/mainnet.ethswarm.org])
diff --git a/packaging/homebrew-arm64/bee.yaml b/packaging/homebrew-arm64/bee.yaml
index 24f510c59e7..9e72223d3b2 100644
--- a/packaging/homebrew-arm64/bee.yaml
+++ b/packaging/homebrew-arm64/bee.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Bee configuration - https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/working-with-bee/configuration
 
-## HTTP API listen address (default ":1633")
-# api-addr: :1633
+## HTTP API listen address (default "127.0.0.1:1633")
+# api-addr: 127.0.0.1:1633
 ## chain block time (default 15)
 # block-time: 15
 ## initial nodes to connect to (default [/dnsaddr/mainnet.ethswarm.org])
diff --git a/packaging/scoop/bee.yaml b/packaging/scoop/bee.yaml
index 773cbeae95f..9815c65c839 100644
--- a/packaging/scoop/bee.yaml
+++ b/packaging/scoop/bee.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Bee configuration - https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/working-with-bee/configuration
 
-## HTTP API listen address (default ":1633")
-# api-addr: :1633
+## HTTP API listen address (default "127.0.0.1:1633")
+# api-addr: 127.0.0.1:1633
 ## chain block time (default 15)
 # block-time: 15
 ## initial nodes to connect to (default [/dnsaddr/mainnet.ethswarm.org])