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+### docs: change MCP's default port from 5000 to 8000 ([PR #8375](https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/8375))
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+MCP's default port changed from 5000 to 8000.
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 ## Enabling MCP
 
-To serve MCP requests, enable the [Apollo MCP Server](/apollo-mcp-server) using the `MCP_ENABLE` environment variable. You'll also need to export container port `5000` for Streamable HTTP connections to the MCP server, using the `-p 5050:5000` flag.
+To serve MCP requests, enable the [Apollo MCP Server](/apollo-mcp-server) using the `MCP_ENABLE` environment variable. You'll also need to export the container port where the MCP server is running, port `8000` by default, for Streamable HTTP connections to the MCP server, using the `-p 8000:8000` flag.
 
 ```bash title="Docker" {3, 6}
 docker run \
   -p 4000:4000 \
-  -p 5050:5000 \
+  -p 8000:8000 \
   --env APOLLO_GRAPH_REF="<your-graph-ref>" \
   --env APOLLO_KEY="<your-graph-api-key>" \
   --env MCP_ENABLE=1 \