diff --git a/templates/default-ssl b/templates/default-ssl
index 1b42cf55..59d0852a 100644
--- a/templates/default-ssl
+++ b/templates/default-ssl
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ NameVirtualHost *:{{ 443 }}
     SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/{{ namespace }}/key_{{ endpoint }}
 {% if enforce_ssl %}
     Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age={{ hsts_max_age_seconds }}"
-    Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure
+    # NOTE(ajkavanagh) due to Bug 1853173 the cookie can't be secure at this time, so disabling until a fix is found.
+    # Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure
 {% endif %}
     Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
     Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"