diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e4e8b306..1af367ea2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 25.4.8
+* Mitigated an issue where push notifications were not shown when consent was not required and app was killed.
+
 ## 25.4.7
 * Mitigated an issue where the navigation bar showed an unwanted shadow during content display.
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 733f2954a..56f0bc5d8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 # RELEASE FIELD SECTION
-VERSION_NAME=25.4.7
+VERSION_NAME=25.4.8
 GROUP=ly.count.android
 POM_URL=https://github.com/Countly/countly-sdk-android
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/Countly/countly-sdk-android
diff --git a/sdk/src/androidTest/java/ly/count/android/sdk/TestUtils.java b/sdk/src/androidTest/java/ly/count/android/sdk/TestUtils.java
index 0a5de3b3a..e3de884af 100644
--- a/sdk/src/androidTest/java/ly/count/android/sdk/TestUtils.java
+++ b/sdk/src/androidTest/java/ly/count/android/sdk/TestUtils.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class TestUtils {
     public final static String commonAppKey = "appkey";
     public final static String commonDeviceId = "1234";
     public final static String SDK_NAME = "java-native-android";
-    public final static String SDK_VERSION = "25.4.7";
+    public final static String SDK_VERSION = "25.4.8";
     public static final int MAX_THREAD_COUNT_PER_STACK_TRACE = 50;
 
     public static class Activity2 extends Activity {
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/Countly.java b/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/Countly.java
index 748dda9c6..eeb3859c8 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/Countly.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/Countly.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  */
 public class Countly {
 
-    private final String DEFAULT_COUNTLY_SDK_VERSION_STRING = "25.4.7";
+    private final String DEFAULT_COUNTLY_SDK_VERSION_STRING = "25.4.8";
     /**
      * Used as request meta data on every request
      */
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/CountlyConfig.java b/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/CountlyConfig.java
index 3785cfd30..1ca2b10ca 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/CountlyConfig.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/CountlyConfig.java
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ public class CountlyConfig {
     // If set to true, request queue cleaner will remove all overflow at once instead of gradually (loop limited) removing
     boolean disableGradualRequestCleaner = false;
 
+    // If set to true, the SDK will not store the default push consent state on initialization for not requiring consent
+    boolean disableStoringDefaultPushConsent = false;
+
     /**
      * THIS VARIABLE SHOULD NOT BE USED
      * IT IS ONLY FOR INTERNAL TESTING
@@ -1063,7 +1066,7 @@ public synchronized CountlyConfig setRequestTimeoutDuration(int requestTimeoutDu
      * Set the webview display option for Content and Feedback Widgets
      *
      * @param displayOption IMMERSIVE for full screen with hidden system UI, or
-     *                      SAFE_AREA to use app usable area and not overlap system UI
+     * SAFE_AREA to use app usable area and not overlap system UI
      * @return config content to chain calls
      */
     public synchronized CountlyConfig setWebviewDisplayOption(WebViewDisplayOption displayOption) {
@@ -1100,6 +1103,19 @@ public synchronized CountlyConfig disableGradualRequestCleaner() {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Disable storing the default push consent on initialization.
+     * By default, if consent is required and push consent is not set,
+     * the SDK was storing push consent as false on initialization.
+     * Now, if consent is not required, the SDK will store push consent as true on initialization.
+     *
+     * @return Returns the same config object for convenient linking
+     */
+    public synchronized CountlyConfig disableStoringDefaultPushConsent() {
+        this.disableStoringDefaultPushConsent = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * APM configuration interface to be used with CountlyConfig
      */
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/ModuleConsent.java b/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/ModuleConsent.java
index a4477d57e..2671bfd82 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/ModuleConsent.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/ly/count/android/sdk/ModuleConsent.java
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ void initFinished(@NonNull final CountlyConfig config) {
             if (L.logEnabled()) {
                 checkAllConsentInternal();
             }
+        } else if (!config.disableStoringDefaultPushConsent) {
+            //if consent is not required, we need to make sure that the push consent is set to true
+            //so that the "getConsentPushNoInit" returns true
+            doPushConsentSpecialAction(true);
         }
     }