diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfiguration.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfiguration.java
index 0f91abac2a73e..731d59a3ac078 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfiguration.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfiguration.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -194,9 +195,9 @@ private static KeyConfig createKeyConfig(Settings settings, SSLConfiguration glo
         if (System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore") != null) {
             // TODO: we should not support loading a keystore from sysprops...
             try (SecureString keystorePassword = new SecureString(System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", ""))) {
-                return new StoreKeyConfig(System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore"), "jks", keystorePassword, keystorePassword,
-                        System.getProperty("ssl.KeyManagerFactory.algorithm", KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm()),
-                        System.getProperty("ssl.TrustManagerFactory.algorithm", TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm()));
+                return new StoreKeyConfig(System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore"), KeyStore.getDefaultType(), keystorePassword,
+                    keystorePassword, System.getProperty("ssl.KeyManagerFactory.algorithm", KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm()),
+                    System.getProperty("ssl.TrustManagerFactory.algorithm", TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm()));
             }
         }
         return KeyConfig.NONE;
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ private static TrustConfig createCertChainTrustConfig(Settings settings, KeyConf
             return new StoreTrustConfig(trustStorePath, trustStoreType, trustStorePassword, trustStoreAlgorithm);
         } else if (global == null && System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore") != null) {
             try (SecureString truststorePassword = new SecureString(System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", ""))) {
-                return new StoreTrustConfig(System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore"), "jks", truststorePassword,
+                return new StoreTrustConfig(System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore"), KeyStore.getDefaultType(), truststorePassword,
                         System.getProperty("ssl.TrustManagerFactory.algorithm", TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm()));
             }
         } else if (global != null && keyConfig == global.keyConfig()) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java
index 63a5be610433b..0946ad3ac51c0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ public void testReloadingTrustStore() throws Exception {
         Path trustStorePath = tempDir.resolve("testnode.jks");
         Path updatedTruststorePath = tempDir.resolve("testnode_updated.jks");
         Files.copy(getDataPath("/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testnode.jks"), trustStorePath);
-        Files.copy(getDataPath("/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testnode_updated.jks"), updatedTruststorePath);
+        Files.copy(getDataPath("/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testnode_updated.jks"),
+            updatedTruststorePath);
         MockSecureSettings secureSettings = new MockSecureSettings();
         secureSettings.setString("xpack.ssl.truststore.secure_password", "testnode");
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()