diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_exclusive_subscription.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_exclusive_subscription.erl
index b43511b41..2eae1f203 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_exclusive_subscription.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_exclusive_subscription.erl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ check_subscribe(#{clientid := ClientId}, Topic) ->
     Fun = fun() ->
         try_subscribe(ClientId, Topic)
     end,
-    case mnesia:transaction(Fun) of
+    case mria:transaction(?EXCLUSIVE_SHARD, Fun) of
         {atomic, Res} ->
             Res;
         {aborted, Reason} ->
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ check_subscribe(#{clientid := ClientId}, Topic) ->
     end.
 
 unsubscribe(Topic, #{is_exclusive := true}) ->
-    _ = mnesia:transaction(fun() -> mnesia:delete({?TAB, Topic}) end),
+    _ = mria:transaction(?EXCLUSIVE_SHARD, fun() -> mnesia:delete({?TAB, Topic}) end),
     ok;
 unsubscribe(_Topic, _SubOpts) ->
     ok.
diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl
index cde97394d..fbe4684a7 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     wildcard_subscription => true,
     subscription_identifiers => true,
     shared_subscription => true,
-    exclusive_subscription => true
+    exclusive_subscription => false
 }).
 
 -spec check_pub(
diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_schema.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_schema.erl
index d9ebc2faf..5652b37f7 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_schema.erl
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ fields("mqtt") ->
             sc(
                 boolean(),
                 #{
-                    default => true,
+                    default => false,
                     desc => ?DESC(mqtt_exclusive_subscription)
                 }
             )},