diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index 2792f3f2ad8be1e..9bef55f4fc48164 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@
   Processes also now run as a dynamically allocated user by default instead of
   root.
 
+- The nvidia driver no longer defaults to the proprietary driver starting with version 560. You will need to manually set `hardware.nvidia.open` to select the proprietary or open driver.
+
 - `singularity-tools` have the `storeDir` argument removed from its override interface and use `builtins.storeDir` instead.
 
 - Two build helpers in `singularity-tools`, i.e., `mkLayer` and `shellScript`, are deprecated, as they are no longer involved in image-building. Maintainers will remove them in future releases.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
index ee8904da8572fb8..9855d3d0ad7845b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ let
   busIDType = lib.types.strMatching "([[:print:]]+[\:\@][0-9]{1,3}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9])?";
   ibtSupport = cfg.open || (nvidia_x11.ibtSupport or false);
   settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.keyValue { };
+  isOpen = cfg.open == true;
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -254,10 +255,14 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
-      open = lib.mkEnableOption ''
-        the open source NVIDIA kernel module
-      '' // {
-        defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''lib.versionAtLeast config.hardware.nvidia.package.version "560"'';
+      open = lib.mkOption {
+        default = null;
+        example = true;
+        description = "Whether to enable the open source NVIDIA kernel module.";
+        type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.bool;
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''
+          if lib.versionOlder config.hardware.nvidia.package.version "560" then false else null
+        '';
       };
     };
   };
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ in
           };
           environment.systemPackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
 
-          hardware.nvidia.open = lib.mkDefault (lib.versionAtLeast nvidia_x11.version "560");
+          hardware.nvidia.open = lib.mkIf (lib.versionOlder nvidia_x11.version "560") (lib.mkDefault false);
         })
 
         # X11
@@ -367,8 +372,13 @@ in
             }
 
             {
-              assertion = cfg.open -> (cfg.package ? open && cfg.package ? firmware);
-              message = "This version of NVIDIA driver does not provide a corresponding opensource kernel driver";
+              assertion = isOpen -> (cfg.package ? open && cfg.package ? firmware);
+              message = "This version of NVIDIA driver does not provide a corresponding opensource kernel driver.";
+            }
+
+            {
+              assertion = cfg.open != null;
+              message = "You must specify which variant of the nvidia kernel driver to use.";
             }
 
             {
@@ -555,7 +565,7 @@ in
 
           services.dbus.packages = lib.optional cfg.dynamicBoost.enable nvidia_x11.bin;
 
-          hardware.firmware = lib.optional (cfg.open || lib.versionAtLeast nvidia_x11.version "555") nvidia_x11.firmware;
+          hardware.firmware = lib.optional (isOpen || lib.versionAtLeast nvidia_x11.version "555") nvidia_x11.firmware;
 
           systemd.tmpfiles.rules =
             [
@@ -570,7 +580,7 @@ in
               "L+ /run/nvidia-docker/extras/bin/nvidia-persistenced - - - - ${nvidia_x11.persistenced}/origBin/nvidia-persistenced";
 
           boot = {
-            extraModulePackages = if cfg.open then [ nvidia_x11.open ] else [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
+            extraModulePackages = if isOpen then [ nvidia_x11.open ] else [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
             # nvidia-uvm is required by CUDA applications.
             kernelModules =
               lib.optionals config.services.xserver.enable [
@@ -581,14 +591,14 @@ in
               # With the open driver, nvidia-uvm does not automatically load as
               # a softdep of the nvidia module, so we explicitly load it for now.
               # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/334180
-              ++ lib.optionals (config.services.xserver.enable && cfg.open) [ "nvidia_uvm" ];
+              ++ lib.optionals (config.services.xserver.enable && isOpen) [ "nvidia_uvm" ];
 
             # If requested enable modesetting via kernel parameters.
             kernelParams =
               lib.optional (offloadCfg.enable || cfg.modesetting.enable) "nvidia-drm.modeset=1"
               ++ lib.optional ((offloadCfg.enable || cfg.modesetting.enable) && lib.versionAtLeast nvidia_x11.version "545") "nvidia-drm.fbdev=1"
               ++ lib.optional cfg.powerManagement.enable "nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1"
-              ++ lib.optional cfg.open "nvidia.NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1"
+              ++ lib.optional isOpen "nvidia.NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1"
               ++ lib.optional (config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.kernelAtLeast "6.2" && !ibtSupport) "ibt=off";
 
             # enable finegrained power management