diff --git a/lib/src/models/decode_options.dart b/lib/src/models/decode_options.dart
index 8cd7993..8eb1a38 100644
--- a/lib/src/models/decode_options.dart
+++ b/lib/src/models/decode_options.dart
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ final class DecodeOptions with EquatableMixin {
     this.parseLists = true,
     this.strictNullHandling = false,
   })  : allowDots = allowDots ?? decodeDotInKeys == true || false,
-        decodeDotInKeys = decodeDotInKeys ?? true,
+        decodeDotInKeys = decodeDotInKeys ?? false,
         _decoder = decoder,
         assert(
           charset == utf8 || charset == latin1,
diff --git a/test/unit/decode_test.dart b/test/unit/decode_test.dart
index c224e44..6c4dbb9 100644
--- a/test/unit/decode_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/decode_test.dart
@@ -210,6 +210,26 @@ void main() {
           'name.obj.subobject': {'first.godly.name': 'John', 'last': 'Doe'}
         }),
       );
+      expect(
+        QS.decode('name%252Eobj.first=John&name%252Eobj.last=Doe'),
+        equals({'name%2Eobj.first': 'John', 'name%2Eobj.last': 'Doe'}),
+      );
+      expect(
+        QS.decode(
+          'name%252Eobj.first=John&name%252Eobj.last=Doe',
+          const DecodeOptions(decodeDotInKeys: false),
+        ),
+        equals({'name%2Eobj.first': 'John', 'name%2Eobj.last': 'Doe'}),
+      );
+      expect(
+        QS.decode(
+          'name%252Eobj.first=John&name%252Eobj.last=Doe',
+          const DecodeOptions(decodeDotInKeys: true),
+        ),
+        equals({
+          'name.obj': {'first': 'John', 'last': 'Doe'}
+        }),
+      );
     });
 
     test(
diff --git a/test/unit/models/decode_options_test.dart b/test/unit/models/decode_options_test.dart
index 80bfd29..a6ca091 100644
--- a/test/unit/models/decode_options_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/models/decode_options_test.dart
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void main() {
           '  charset: Instance of \'Latin1Codec\',\n'
           '  charsetSentinel: true,\n'
           '  comma: true,\n'
-          '  decodeDotInKeys: true,\n'
+          '  decodeDotInKeys: false,\n'
           '  delimiter: ,,\n'
           '  depth: 10,\n'
           '  duplicates: combine,\n'