diff --git a/trunk/Dockerfile.cov b/trunk/Dockerfile.cov
index 0e33e1307..ec99827e8 100644
--- a/trunk/Dockerfile.cov
+++ b/trunk/Dockerfile.cov
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ COPY . /srs
 WORKDIR /srs/trunk
 
 # Note that we must enable the gcc7 or link failed.
+# Enable sanitizer explicitly for coverage testing to catch memory issues.
 RUN ./configure --rtsp=on --srt=on --gb28181=on --apm=on --h265=on --utest=on --gcov=on --sanitizer=on
 RUN make utest ${MAKEARGS}
 
diff --git a/trunk/Dockerfile.test b/trunk/Dockerfile.test
index 4b10ffad1..5e36b1d75 100644
--- a/trunk/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/trunk/Dockerfile.test
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ WORKDIR /srs/trunk
 # Note that we must enable the gcc7 or link failed.
 # Please note that we must disable the ffmpeg-opus, as it negatively impacts performance. We may consider
 # enabling it in the future when support for multi-threading transcoding is available.
-RUN ./configure --srt=on --gb28181=on --srt=on --rtsp=on --apm=on --utest=on --ffmpeg-opus=off --build-cache=on
+# Enable sanitizer explicitly for CI/CD testing to catch memory issues.
+RUN ./configure --srt=on --gb28181=on --srt=on --rtsp=on --apm=on --utest=on --sanitizer=on --ffmpeg-opus=off --build-cache=on
 RUN make utest ${MAKEARGS}
 
 # Build benchmark tool.
diff --git a/trunk/auto/options.sh b/trunk/auto/options.sh
index 5e0baa71c..5b67a829e 100755
--- a/trunk/auto/options.sh
+++ b/trunk/auto/options.sh
@@ -552,10 +552,11 @@ function apply_auto_options() {
         SRS_SHARED_SRTP=YES
     fi
 
-    # Enable asan, but disable for Centos
+    # Disable sanitizer by default to avoid issues with daemon mode.
+    # Enable sanitizer only for utest and when explicitly requested.
     # @see https://github.com/ossrs/srs/issues/3347
-    if [[ $SRS_SANITIZER == RESERVED && $OS_IS_CENTOS != YES ]]; then
-        echo "Enable asan by auto options."
+    if [[ $SRS_SANITIZER == RESERVED && $SRS_UTEST == YES ]]; then
+        echo "Enable asan for utest."
         SRS_SANITIZER=YES
     fi
 
diff --git a/trunk/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/trunk/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index e18bb949d..5233bccdd 100644
--- a/trunk/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/trunk/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The changelog for SRS.
 <a name="v7-changes"></a>
 
 ## SRS 7.0 Changelog
+* v7.0, 2025-10-14, Disable sanitizer by default to fix memory leak. (#4364) v7.0.96
 * v7.0, 2025-10-01, SRT: Support configurable default_streamid option. v7.0.95 (#4515)
 * v7.0, 2025-09-27, Merge [#4513](https://github.com/ossrs/srs/pull/4513): For Edge, only support RTMP or HTTP-FLV. v7.0.94 (#4513)
 * v7.0, 2025-09-21, Merge [#4505](https://github.com/ossrs/srs/pull/4505): improve blackbox test for rtsp. v7.0.93 (#4505)
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ The changelog for SRS.
 <a name="v6-changes"></a>
 
 ## SRS 6.0 Changelog
+* v6.0, 2025-10-14, Disable sanitizer by default to fix memory leak. (#4364) v6.0.181
 * v6.0, 2025-10-01, SRT: Support configurable default_streamid option. v6.0.180 (#4515)
 * v6.0, 2025-09-27, For Edge, only support RTMP or HTTP-FLV. v6.0.179 (#4512)
 * v6.0, 2025-09-21, Fix WHIP with transcoding bug. v6.0.178 (#4495)
diff --git a/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version6.hpp b/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version6.hpp
index ebe08aa2f..da7917013 100644
--- a/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version6.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version6.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 6
 #define VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define VERSION_REVISION 180
+#define VERSION_REVISION 181
 
 #endif
diff --git a/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version7.hpp b/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version7.hpp
index 0f3bcaa57..628d9d10c 100644
--- a/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version7.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/core/srs_core_version7.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 7
 #define VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define VERSION_REVISION 95
+#define VERSION_REVISION 96
 
 #endif
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