diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 45ddd69a275c..e178ffe3e8b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - Remove the kbn-version on each request to the Kibana API. {pull}17764[17764]
 - Fixed process spawning on Windows {pull}17751[17751]
 - Fixed injected log path to monitoring beat {pull}17833[17833]
+- Make sure that the Elastic Agent connect over TLS in cloud. {pull}xx[xxx]
 
 ==== New features
 
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config.go
index 34975d933d98..14182898bc50 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ func (p *Protocol) Unpack(from string) error {
 	if from != "https" && from != "http" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid protocol %s, accepted values are 'http' and 'https'", from)
 	}
+
+	*p = Protocol(from)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config_test.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57809e747785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+
+package kibana
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestPackUnpack(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Config{
+		Protocol: Protocol("https"),
+		SpaceID:  "123",
+		Username: "foo",
+		Password: "bar",
+		Path:     "/ok",
+		Timeout:  10 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	b, err := yaml.Marshal(&c)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	c2 := Config{}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, &c2)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(c, c2))
+}