diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/NettyAttribute.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/NettyAttribute.java
index 46bf0296cb..3a035a390b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/NettyAttribute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/NettyAttribute.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import org.opensearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpChannel;
+import org.opensearch.http.HttpChannel;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
 
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ public class NettyAttribute {
      * Gets an attribute value from the request context and clears it from that context
      */
     public static <T> Optional<T> popFrom(final RestRequest request, final AttributeKey<T> attribute) {
-        if (request.getHttpChannel() instanceof Netty4HttpChannel) {
-            Channel nettyChannel = ((Netty4HttpChannel) request.getHttpChannel()).getNettyChannel();
-            return Optional.ofNullable(nettyChannel.attr(attribute).getAndSet(null));
+        final HttpChannel httpChannel = request.getHttpChannel();
+        if (httpChannel != null) {
+            return httpChannel.get("channel", Channel.class).map(channel -> channel.attr(attribute).getAndSet(null));
+        } else {
+            return Optional.empty();
         }
-        return Optional.empty();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ public static <T> Optional<T> peekFrom(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final At
      * Clears an attribute value from the channel handler context
      */
     public static <T> void clearAttribute(final RestRequest request, final AttributeKey<T> attribute) {
-        if (request.getHttpChannel() instanceof Netty4HttpChannel) {
-            Channel nettyChannel = ((Netty4HttpChannel) request.getHttpChannel()).getNettyChannel();
-            nettyChannel.attr(attribute).set(null);
+        final HttpChannel httpChannel = request.getHttpChannel();
+        if (httpChannel != null) {
+            httpChannel.get("channel", Channel.class).ifPresent(channel -> channel.attr(attribute).set(null));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/OpenSearchRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/OpenSearchRequest.java
index 80ede8b2c1..e86012f594 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/OpenSearchRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/OpenSearchRequest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 
-import org.opensearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpChannel;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest.Method;
 
@@ -41,21 +40,11 @@ public Map<String, List<String>> getHeaders() {
 
     @Override
     public SSLEngine getSSLEngine() {
-        if (underlyingRequest == null
-            || underlyingRequest.getHttpChannel() == null
-            || !(underlyingRequest.getHttpChannel() instanceof Netty4HttpChannel)) {
+        if (underlyingRequest == null || underlyingRequest.getHttpChannel() == null) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        // We look for Ssl_handler called `ssl_http` in the outbound pipeline of Netty channel first, and if its not
-        // present we look for it in inbound channel. If its present in neither we return null, else we return the sslHandler.
-        final Netty4HttpChannel httpChannel = (Netty4HttpChannel) underlyingRequest.getHttpChannel();
-        SslHandler sslhandler = (SslHandler) httpChannel.getNettyChannel().pipeline().get("ssl_http");
-        if (sslhandler == null && httpChannel.inboundPipeline() != null) {
-            sslhandler = (SslHandler) httpChannel.inboundPipeline().get("ssl_http");
-        }
-
-        return sslhandler != null ? sslhandler.engine() : null;
+        return underlyingRequest.getHttpChannel().get("ssl_http", SslHandler.class).map(SslHandler::engine).orElse(null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/transport/SecuritySSLRequestHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/transport/SecuritySSLRequestHandler.java
index 39312e29ad..078c822357 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/transport/SecuritySSLRequestHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/transport/SecuritySSLRequestHandler.java
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@
 import org.opensearch.security.support.ConfigConstants;
 import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
-import org.opensearch.transport.TaskTransportChannel;
-import org.opensearch.transport.TcpChannel;
-import org.opensearch.transport.TcpTransportChannel;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportChannel;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportRequest;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportRequestHandler;
-import org.opensearch.transport.netty4.Netty4TcpChannel;
 
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 
@@ -111,21 +107,7 @@ public final void messageReceived(T request, TransportChannel channel, Task task
         }
 
         try {
-
-            Netty4TcpChannel nettyChannel = null;
-
-            if (channel instanceof TaskTransportChannel) {
-                final TransportChannel inner = ((TaskTransportChannel) channel).getChannel();
-                nettyChannel = (Netty4TcpChannel) ((TcpTransportChannel) inner).getChannel();
-            } else if (channel instanceof TcpTransportChannel) {
-                final TcpChannel inner = ((TcpTransportChannel) channel).getChannel();
-                nettyChannel = (Netty4TcpChannel) inner;
-            } else {
-                throw new Exception("Invalid channel of type " + channel.getClass() + " (" + channel.getChannelType() + ")");
-            }
-
-            final SslHandler sslhandler = (SslHandler) nettyChannel.getNettyChannel().pipeline().get("ssl_server");
-
+            final SslHandler sslhandler = channel.get("ssl_server", SslHandler.class).orElse(null);
             if (sslhandler == null) {
                 if (SSLConfig.isDualModeEnabled()) {
                     log.info("Communication in dual mode. Skipping SSL handler check");