diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/store/store.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/store/store.test.ts
index d3106acc54657..e6c4eb7346460 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/store/store.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/store/store.test.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('ReportingStore', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('allows username string to be `null`', async () => {
+    it('allows username string to be `false`', async () => {
       // setup
       callClusterStub.withArgs('indices.exists').resolves(false);
       callClusterStub
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe('ReportingStore', () => {
         attempts: 0,
         browser_type: undefined,
         completed_at: undefined,
-        created_by: null,
+        created_by: false,
         jobtype: 'unknowntype',
         max_attempts: undefined,
         payload: {},
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/authorized_user_pre_routing.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/authorized_user_pre_routing.test.ts
index f4591f8436bd2..50780a577af02 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/authorized_user_pre_routing.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/authorized_user_pre_routing.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('authorized_user_pre_routing', function () {
     mockCore = await createMockReportingCore(mockReportingConfig);
   });
 
-  it('should return from handler with a "null" user when security plugin is not found', async function () {
+  it('should return from handler with a "false" user when security plugin is not found', async function () {
     mockCore.getPluginSetupDeps = () =>
       (({
         // @ts-ignore
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('authorized_user_pre_routing', function () {
 
     let handlerCalled = false;
     authorizedUserPreRouting((user: unknown) => {
-      expect(user).toBe(null); // verify the user is a null value
+      expect(user).toBe(false); // verify the user is a false value
       handlerCalled = true;
       return Promise.resolve({ status: 200, options: {} });
     })(getMockContext(), getMockRequest(), mockResponseFactory);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('authorized_user_pre_routing', function () {
     expect(handlerCalled).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('should return from handler with a "null" user when security is disabled', async function () {
+  it('should return from handler with a "false" user when security is disabled', async function () {
     mockCore.getPluginSetupDeps = () =>
       (({
         // @ts-ignore
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('authorized_user_pre_routing', function () {
 
     let handlerCalled = false;
     authorizedUserPreRouting((user: unknown) => {
-      expect(user).toBe(null); // verify the user is a null value
+      expect(user).toBe(false); // verify the user is a false value
       handlerCalled = true;
       return Promise.resolve({ status: 200, options: {} });
     })(getMockContext(), getMockRequest(), mockResponseFactory);