diff --git a/sdv/utils/poc.py b/sdv/utils/poc.py
index 682895bad..360fcc164 100644
--- a/sdv/utils/poc.py
+++ b/sdv/utils/poc.py
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 from sdv.utils.utils import drop_unknown_references as utils_drop_unknown_references
 
 
-def drop_unknown_references(data, metadata):
+def drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values=False, verbose=True):
     """Wrap the drop_unknown_references function from the utils module."""
     warnings.warn(
         "Please access the 'drop_unknown_references' function directly from the sdv.utils module"
         'instead of sdv.utils.poc.',
         FutureWarning,
     )
-    return utils_drop_unknown_references(data, metadata)
+    return utils_drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values, verbose)
 
 
 def simplify_schema(data, metadata, verbose=True):
diff --git a/sdv/utils/utils.py b/sdv/utils/utils.py
index f6e5db7c0..2c4b6b6ae 100644
--- a/sdv/utils/utils.py
+++ b/sdv/utils/utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from sdv.multi_table.utils import _drop_rows
 
 
-def drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values=True, verbose=True):
+def drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values=False, verbose=True):
     """Drop rows with unknown foreign keys.
 
     Args:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values=True, verbose=Tr
         drop_missing_values (bool):
             Boolean describing whether or not to also drop foreign keys with missing values
             If True, drop rows with missing values in the foreign keys.
-            Defaults to True.
+            Defaults to False.
         verbose (bool):
             If True, print information about the rows that are dropped.
             Defaults to True.
diff --git a/tests/integration/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/integration/utils/test_utils.py
index 5139ab0c1..0405703a8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/integration/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test_drop_unknown_references_drop_missing_values(metadata, data, capsys):
     data['child'].loc[4, 'parent_id'] = np.nan
 
     # Run
-    cleaned_data = drop_unknown_references(data, metadata)
+    cleaned_data = drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values=True)
     metadata.validate_data(cleaned_data)
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_poc.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_poc.py
index bbd9723c3..c8873e2c9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_poc.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_poc.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ def test_drop_unknown_references(mock_drop_unknown_references):
     # Setup
     data = Mock()
     metadata = Mock()
+    drop_missing_values = Mock()
+    verbose = Mock()
     expected_message = re.escape(
         "Please access the 'drop_unknown_references' function directly from the sdv.utils module"
         'instead of sdv.utils.poc.'
@@ -24,10 +26,12 @@ def test_drop_unknown_references(mock_drop_unknown_references):
 
     # Run
     with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=expected_message):
-        drop_unknown_references(data, metadata)
+        drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values, verbose)
 
     # Assert
-    mock_drop_unknown_references.assert_called_once_with(data, metadata)
+    mock_drop_unknown_references.assert_called_once_with(
+        data, metadata, drop_missing_values, verbose
+    )
 
 
 @patch('sdv.utils.poc._get_total_estimated_columns')
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
index 7aad95693..a3a2d810c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def _drop_rows(data, metadata, drop_missing_values):
     }
     metadata.validate.assert_called_once()
     metadata.validate_data.assert_called_once_with(data)
-    mock_drop_rows.assert_called_once_with(result, metadata, True)
+    mock_drop_rows.assert_called_once_with(result, metadata, False)
     for table_name, table in result.items():
         pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(table, expected_result[table_name])
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def test_drop_unknown_references_with_nan(mock_validate_foreign_keys, mock_get_r
     mock_get_rows_to_drop.return_value = defaultdict(set, {'child': {4}, 'grandchild': {0, 3, 4}})
 
     # Run
-    result = drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, verbose=False)
+    result = drop_unknown_references(data, metadata, drop_missing_values=True, verbose=False)
 
     # Assert
     metadata.validate.assert_called_once()