diff --git a/test/test-clusters/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/cluster/local/FipsEnabledClusterConfigProvider.java b/test/test-clusters/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/cluster/local/FipsEnabledClusterConfigProvider.java
index 0978689aae56f..3341b20a89d3c 100644
--- a/test/test-clusters/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/cluster/local/FipsEnabledClusterConfigProvider.java
+++ b/test/test-clusters/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/cluster/local/FipsEnabledClusterConfigProvider.java
@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.local;
 
-
-import org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.util.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.util.resource.Resource;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
 public class FipsEnabledClusterConfigProvider implements LocalClusterConfigProvider {
 
-
     @Override
     public void apply(LocalClusterSpecBuilder<?> builder) {
         if (isFipsEnabled()) {
@@ -38,14 +33,8 @@ public void apply(LocalClusterSpecBuilder<?> builder) {
                 .setting("xpack.security.fips_mode.enabled", "true")
                 .setting("xpack.license.self_generated.type", "trial")
                 .setting("xpack.security.authc.password_hashing.algorithm", "pbkdf2_stretch")
-                .keystorePassword("keystore-password")
-                .settings(node -> {
-                    var settings = new HashMap<String, String>(1);
-                    if(node.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.fromString("8.13.0"))){
-                        settings.put("xpack.security.fips_mode.required_providers", "[BCFIPS, BCJSSE]");
-                    }
-                    return settings;
-                });
+                .setting("xpack.security.fips_mode.required_providers", () -> "[BCFIPS, BCJSSE]", n -> n.getVersion().onOrAfter("8.13.0"))
+                .keystorePassword("keystore-password");
         }
     }