diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
index 8b0a607d60e61..7988eaa838947 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import type { CREDENTIAL_EDIT_MODAL_KEY } from './constants';
+import type {
+	CREDENTIAL_EDIT_MODAL_KEY,
+	SignInType,
+	FAKE_DOOR_FEATURES,
+	TRIGGER_NODE_CREATOR_VIEW,
+	REGULAR_NODE_CREATOR_VIEW,
+} from './constants';
 
 import type { IMenuItem } from 'n8n-design-system';
 import type {
@@ -35,16 +41,10 @@ import type {
 	IUserSettings,
 	IN8nUISettings,
 	BannerName,
+	INodeProperties,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import type { SignInType } from './constants';
-import type {
-	FAKE_DOOR_FEATURES,
-	TRIGGER_NODE_CREATOR_VIEW,
-	REGULAR_NODE_CREATOR_VIEW,
-} from './constants';
 import type { BulkCommand, Undoable } from '@/models/history';
-import type { PartialBy } from '@/utils/typeHelpers';
-import type { INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { PartialBy, TupleToUnion } from '@/utils/typeHelpers';
 
 export * from 'n8n-design-system/types';
 
@@ -734,11 +734,10 @@ export type ActionsRecord<T extends SimplifiedNodeType[]> = {
 	[K in ExtractActionKeys<T[number]>]: ActionTypeDescription[];
 };
 
-export interface SimplifiedNodeType
-	extends Pick<
-		INodeTypeDescription,
-		'displayName' | 'description' | 'name' | 'group' | 'icon' | 'iconUrl' | 'codex' | 'defaults'
-	> {}
+export type SimplifiedNodeType = Pick<
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+	'displayName' | 'description' | 'name' | 'group' | 'icon' | 'iconUrl' | 'codex' | 'defaults'
+>;
 export interface SubcategoryItemProps {
 	description?: string;
 	iconType?: string;
@@ -1462,6 +1461,8 @@ export type SamlPreferencesExtractedData = {
 	returnUrl: string;
 };
 
+export type SshKeyTypes = ['ed25519', 'rsa'];
+
 export type SourceControlPreferences = {
 	connected: boolean;
 	repositoryUrl: string;
@@ -1470,6 +1471,7 @@ export type SourceControlPreferences = {
 	branchReadOnly: boolean;
 	branchColor: string;
 	publicKey?: string;
+	keyGeneratorType?: TupleToUnion<SshKeyTypes>;
 	currentBranch?: string;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/server/endpoints/sourceControl.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/server/endpoints/sourceControl.ts
index 6dc7f2f07cdc3..26d4f93fd241d 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/server/endpoints/sourceControl.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/server/endpoints/sourceControl.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function routesForSourceControl(server: Server) {
 		branchColor: '#1d6acb',
 		connected: false,
 		publicKey: 'ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHEX+25m',
+		keyGeneratorType: 'ed25519',
 	};
 
 	server.get(`${sourceControlApiRoot}/preferences`, (schema: AppSchema, request: Request) => {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/api/sourceControl.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/api/sourceControl.ts
index 144839b156e8b..13c61ef590b98 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/api/sourceControl.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/api/sourceControl.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import type {
 	SourceControlAggregatedFile,
 	SourceControlPreferences,
 	SourceControlStatus,
+	SshKeyTypes,
 } from '@/Interface';
 import { makeRestApiRequest } from '@/utils';
 import type { IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { TupleToUnion } from '@/utils/typeHelpers';
 
 const sourceControlApiRoot = '/source-control';
 
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ export const disconnect = async (
 	});
 };
 
-export const generateKeyPair = async (context: IRestApiContext): Promise<string> => {
-	return makeRestApiRequest(context, 'POST', `${sourceControlApiRoot}/generate-key-pair`);
+export const generateKeyPair = async (
+	context: IRestApiContext,
+	keyGeneratorType?: TupleToUnion<SshKeyTypes>,
+): Promise<string> => {
+	return makeRestApiRequest(context, 'POST', `${sourceControlApiRoot}/generate-key-pair`, {
+		keyGeneratorType,
+	});
 };
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/sourceControl.store.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/sourceControl.store.ts
index aad181f1d4fa3..d3264ef2cc1cb 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/sourceControl.store.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/sourceControl.store.ts
@@ -3,25 +3,22 @@ import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
 import { EnterpriseEditionFeature } from '@/constants';
 import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings.store';
 import { useRootStore } from '@/stores/n8nRoot.store';
-import { useUsersStore } from '@/stores/users.store';
 import * as vcApi from '@/api/sourceControl';
-import type { SourceControlPreferences } from '@/Interface';
+import type { SourceControlPreferences, SshKeyTypes } from '@/Interface';
+import type { TupleToUnion } from '@/utils/typeHelpers';
 
 export const useSourceControlStore = defineStore('sourceControl', () => {
 	const rootStore = useRootStore();
 	const settingsStore = useSettingsStore();
-	const usersStore = useUsersStore();
 
 	const isEnterpriseSourceControlEnabled = computed(() =>
 		settingsStore.isEnterpriseFeatureEnabled(EnterpriseEditionFeature.SourceControl),
 	);
-	const defaultAuthor = computed(() => {
-		const user = usersStore.currentUser;
-		return {
-			name: user?.fullName ?? `${user?.firstName} ${user?.lastName}`.trim(),
-			email: user?.email ?? '',
-		};
-	});
+
+	const sshKeyTypes: SshKeyTypes = ['ed25519', 'rsa'];
+	const sshKeyTypesWithLabel = reactive(
+		sshKeyTypes.map((value) => ({ value, label: value.toUpperCase() })),
+	);
 
 	const preferences = reactive<SourceControlPreferences>({
 		branchName: '',
@@ -31,6 +28,7 @@ export const useSourceControlStore = defineStore('sourceControl', () => {
 		branchColor: '#5296D6',
 		connected: false,
 		publicKey: '',
+		keyGeneratorType: 'ed25519',
 	});
 
 	const state = reactive<{
@@ -95,8 +93,8 @@ export const useSourceControlStore = defineStore('sourceControl', () => {
 		setPreferences({ connected: false, branches: [] });
 	};
 
-	const generateKeyPair = async () => {
-		await vcApi.generateKeyPair(rootStore.getRestApiContext);
+	const generateKeyPair = async (keyGeneratorType?: TupleToUnion<SshKeyTypes>) => {
+		await vcApi.generateKeyPair(rootStore.getRestApiContext, keyGeneratorType);
 		const data = await vcApi.getPreferences(rootStore.getRestApiContext); // To be removed once the API is updated
 
 		preferences.publicKey = data.publicKey;
@@ -127,5 +125,6 @@ export const useSourceControlStore = defineStore('sourceControl', () => {
 		disconnect,
 		getStatus,
 		getAggregatedStatus,
+		sshKeyTypesWithLabel,
 	};
 });
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/typeHelpers.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/typeHelpers.ts
index ce7e0b412773a..a655884737a08 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/typeHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/typeHelpers.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export type PartialBy<T, K extends keyof T> = Omit<T, K> & Partial<Pick<T, K>>;
+export type TupleToUnion<T extends readonly unknown[]> = T[number];
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/views/SettingsSourceControl.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/views/SettingsSourceControl.vue
index c6539a83f0e3f..b455b8dfc6171 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/views/SettingsSourceControl.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/views/SettingsSourceControl.vue
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { MODAL_CONFIRM } from '@/constants';
 import { useUIStore, useSourceControlStore } from '@/stores';
 import { useToast, useMessage, useLoadingService, useI18n } from '@/composables';
 import CopyInput from '@/components/CopyInput.vue';
+import type { TupleToUnion } from '@/utils/typeHelpers';
+import type { SshKeyTypes } from '@/Interface';
 
 const locale = useI18n();
 const sourceControlStore = useSourceControlStore();
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
 const formValidationStatus = reactive<Record<string, boolean>>({
 	repoUrl: false,
+	keyGeneratorType: false,
 });
 
 function onValidate(key: string, value: boolean) {
@@ -129,6 +132,8 @@ const repoUrlValidationRules: Array<Rule | RuleGroup> = [
 	},
 ];
 
+const keyGeneratorTypeValidationRules: Array<Rule | RuleGroup> = [{ name: 'REQUIRED' }];
+
 const validForConnection = computed(() => formValidationStatus.repoUrl);
 const branchNameValidationRules: Array<Rule | RuleGroup> = [{ name: 'REQUIRED' }];
 
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ async function refreshSshKey() {
 		);
 
 		if (confirmation === MODAL_CONFIRM) {
-			await sourceControlStore.generateKeyPair();
+			await sourceControlStore.generateKeyPair(sourceControlStore.preferences.keyGeneratorType);
 			toast.showMessage({
 				title: locale.baseText('settings.sourceControl.refreshSshKey.successful.title'),
 				type: 'success',
@@ -166,6 +171,13 @@ const refreshBranches = async () => {
 		toast.showError(error, locale.baseText('settings.sourceControl.refreshBranches.error'));
 	}
 };
+
+const onSelectSshKeyType = async (sshKeyType: TupleToUnion<SshKeyTypes>) => {
+	if (sshKeyType === sourceControlStore.preferences.keyGeneratorType) {
+		return;
+	}
+	sourceControlStore.preferences.keyGeneratorType = sshKeyType;
+};
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -219,7 +231,23 @@ const refreshBranches = async () => {
 			<div v-if="sourceControlStore.preferences.publicKey" :class="$style.group">
 				<label>{{ locale.baseText('settings.sourceControl.sshKey') }}</label>
 				<div :class="{ [$style.sshInput]: !isConnected }">
+					<n8n-form-input
+						v-if="!isConnected"
+						:class="$style.sshKeyTypeSelect"
+						label
+						type="select"
+						id="keyGeneratorType"
+						name="keyGeneratorType"
+						data-test-id="source-control-ssh-key-type-select"
+						validateOnBlur
+						:validationRules="keyGeneratorTypeValidationRules"
+						:options="sourceControlStore.sshKeyTypesWithLabel"
+						:modelValue="sourceControlStore.preferences.keyGeneratorType"
+						@validate="(value) => onValidate('keyGeneratorType', value)"
+						@update:modelValue="onSelectSshKeyType"
+					/>
 					<CopyInput
+						:class="$style.copyInput"
 						collapse
 						size="medium"
 						:value="sourceControlStore.preferences.publicKey"
@@ -230,8 +258,8 @@ const refreshBranches = async () => {
 						size="large"
 						type="tertiary"
 						icon="sync"
-						class="ml-s"
 						@click="refreshSshKey"
+						data-test-id="source-control-refresh-ssh-key-button"
 					>
 						{{ locale.baseText('settings.sourceControl.refreshSshKey') }}
 					</n8n-button>
@@ -412,12 +440,24 @@ const refreshBranches = async () => {
 	align-items: center;
 
 	> div {
-		width: calc(100% - 144px - var(--spacing-s));
+		flex: 1 1 auto;
 	}
 
 	> button {
 		height: 42px;
 	}
+
+	.copyInput {
+		margin: 0 var(--spacing-2xs);
+	}
+}
+
+.sshKeyTypeSelect {
+	min-width: 120px;
+}
+
+.copyInput {
+	overflow: auto;
 }
 
 .branchSelection {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/views/__tests__/SettingsSourceControl.test.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/views/__tests__/SettingsSourceControl.test.ts
index 631344b0a4b89..322f44c666f8f 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/views/__tests__/SettingsSourceControl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/views/__tests__/SettingsSourceControl.test.ts
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ describe('SettingsSourceControl', () => {
 		await nextTick();
 
 		const updatePreferencesSpy = vi.spyOn(sourceControlStore, 'updatePreferences');
+		const generateKeyPairSpy = vi.spyOn(sourceControlStore, 'generateKeyPair');
 
-		const { html, container, getByTestId, getByText, queryByTestId, getByRole } = renderComponent({
+		const { container, getByTestId, getByText, queryByTestId, getByRole } = renderComponent({
 			pinia,
 			global: {
 				stubs: ['teleport'],
@@ -127,6 +128,25 @@ describe('SettingsSourceControl', () => {
 		await waitFor(() =>
 			expect(queryByTestId('source-control-connected-content')).not.toBeInTheDocument(),
 		);
+
+		const sshKeyTypeSelect = getByTestId('source-control-ssh-key-type-select');
+		const refreshSshKeyButton = getByTestId('source-control-refresh-ssh-key-button');
+		await waitFor(() => {
+			expect(sshKeyTypeSelect).toBeVisible();
+			expect(refreshSshKeyButton).toBeVisible();
+		});
+
+		await userEvent.click(within(sshKeyTypeSelect).getByRole('textbox'));
+		await waitFor(() => expect(getByText('RSA')).toBeVisible());
+		await userEvent.click(getByText('RSA'));
+		await userEvent.click(refreshSshKeyButton);
+
+		const refreshSshKeyDialog = getByRole('dialog');
+		await waitFor(() => expect(refreshSshKeyDialog).toBeVisible());
+		await userEvent.click(within(refreshSshKeyDialog).getAllByRole('button')[1]);
+		await waitFor(() => expect(refreshSshKeyDialog).not.toBeVisible());
+
+		expect(generateKeyPairSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('rsa');
 	}, 10000);
 
 	describe('should test repo URLs', () => {