diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b737d5152d..25f0ee0e08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #### Upcoming Changes
 
+* bugfix: cairo1-run CLI: Set finalize_builtins to true when using --air_public_input flag [#1744](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1752)
+
 * feat: Add hint `U256InvModN` to `Cairo1HintProcessor` [#1744](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1744)
 
 * perf: use a more compact representation for `MemoryCell` [#1672](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1672)
diff --git a/cairo1-run/src/main.rs b/cairo1-run/src/main.rs
index 716673a740..e31619b624 100644
--- a/cairo1-run/src/main.rs
+++ b/cairo1-run/src/main.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn run(args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
         layout: args.layout,
         trace_enabled: args.trace_file.is_some() || args.air_public_input.is_some(),
         args: &args.args.0,
-        finalize_builtins: args.air_private_input.is_some() || args.cairo_pie_output.is_some(),
+        finalize_builtins: args.air_public_input.is_some() || args.cairo_pie_output.is_some(),
         append_return_values: args.append_return_values,
     };