diff --git a/CHANGES/1305.feature b/CHANGES/1305.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a524139e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1305.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change the default chunking value to "infinite". If users wants to, they can still specify a value based on their needs.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pulp_cli/generic.py b/src/pulp_cli/generic.py
index 8e1369fcf..20cfdbb6b 100644
--- a/src/pulp_cli/generic.py
+++ b/src/pulp_cli/generic.py
@@ -717,7 +717,9 @@ def _callback(
 units = {"B": 1, "KB": 10**3, "MB": 10**6, "GB": 10**9, "TB": 10**12}
 
 
-def parse_size_callback(ctx: click.Context, param: click.Parameter, value: str) -> int:
+def parse_size_callback(ctx: click.Context, param: click.Parameter, value: str | None) -> int:
+    if value is None:
+        return 8 * 10**9
     size = value.strip().upper()
     match = re.match(r"^([0-9]+)\s*([KMGT]?B)?$", size)
     if not match:
@@ -1216,8 +1218,8 @@ def _type_callback(ctx: click.Context, param: click.Parameter, value: str | None
 
 chunk_size_option = pulp_option(
     "--chunk-size",
-    help=_("Chunk size to break up {entity} into. Defaults to 1MB"),
-    default="1MB",
+    help=_("Chunk size to break up {entity} into. Defaults to not chunking at all."),
+    default=None,
     callback=parse_size_callback,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/pulpcore/cli/ansible/content.py b/src/pulpcore/cli/ansible/content.py
index ab2b918b6..97ac90e48 100644
--- a/src/pulpcore/cli/ansible/content.py
+++ b/src/pulpcore/cli/ansible/content.py
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ def content(ctx: click.Context, pulp_ctx: PulpCLIContext, /, content_type: str)
 @repository_option
 @pulp_option(
     "--chunk-size",
-    help=_("Chunk size to break up {entity} into. Defaults to 1MB"),
-    default="1MB",
+    help=_("Chunk size to break up {entity} into. Defaults to not chunking at all."),
+    default=None,
     callback=parse_size_callback,
     allowed_with_contexts=content_context,
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_help_pages.py b/tests/test_help_pages.py
index 87e082cee..5be2a247c 100644
--- a/tests/test_help_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_help_pages.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def traverse_commands(command: click.Command, args: t.List[str]) -> t.Iterator[t
 def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc: pytest.Metafunc) -> None:
     m = next(metafunc.definition.iter_markers("help_page"), None)
     if m is not None and "base_cmd" in m.kwargs:
-        rel_main:click.Group = main
+        rel_main: click.Group = main
         base_cmd = m.kwargs["base_cmd"]
         for step in base_cmd:
             sub = rel_main.commands[step]