diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java
index a4555963ded6e..59050d8e3729e 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java
+++ b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/DockerBase.java
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ public enum DockerBase {
     // Based on WOLFI above, with more extras. We don't set a base image because
     // we programmatically extend from the wolfi image.
     CLOUD_ESS(null, "-cloud-ess", "apk"),
-
     // Based on WOLFI above, we programmatically extend from the wolfi image.
     FIPS(null, "-fips", "apk");
 
-
     private final String image;
     private final String suffix;
     private final String packageManager;
diff --git a/distribution/docker/build.gradle b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
index c10c3367e2441..3c75d2c0600d2 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/docker/build.gradle
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ dependencies {
   filebeat_x86_64 "beats:filebeat:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}:linux-x86_64@tar.gz"
   metricbeat_aarch64 "beats:metricbeat:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}:linux-arm64@tar.gz"
   metricbeat_x86_64 "beats:metricbeat:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}:linux-x86_64@tar.gz"
-  fips "org.bouncycastle:bctls-fips:1.0.17"
-  fips "org.bouncycastle:bc-fips:1.0.2.4"
+  fips "org.bouncycastle:bctls-fips:1.0.19"
+  fips "org.bouncycastle:bc-fips:1.0.2.5"
 }
 
 ext.expansions = { Architecture architecture, DockerBase base ->
@@ -570,19 +570,17 @@ void addBuildCloudDockerImageTasks(Architecture architecture) {
 }
 
 // fips
-//String javaSecurityFilename = buildParams.runtimeJavaDetails.get().toLowerCase().contains('oracle') ? 'fips_java_oracle.security' : 'fips_java.security'
-String javaSecurityFilename = 'fips_java.security'
+String javaSecurityFilename = buildParams.runtimeJavaDetails.get().toLowerCase().contains('oracle') ? 'fips_java_oracle.security' : 'fips_java.security'
+//String javaSecurityFilename = 'fips_java.security'
 File fipsResourcesDir = new File(project.buildDir, 'fips-resources')
 File fipsSecurity = new File(fipsResourcesDir, javaSecurityFilename)
 File fipsPolicy = new File(fipsResourcesDir, 'fips_java.policy')
-//File fipsTrustStore = new File(fipsResourcesDir, 'cacerts.bcfks')
 
 TaskProvider<ExportElasticsearchBuildResourcesTask> fipsResourcesTask = tasks.register('fipsResources', ExportElasticsearchBuildResourcesTask)
 fipsResourcesTask.configure {
   outputDir = fipsResourcesDir
   copy javaSecurityFilename
   copy 'fips_java.policy'
-//  copy 'cacerts.bcfks'
 }
 
 for (final Architecture architecture : Architecture.values()) {
diff --git a/distribution/docker/src/docker/Dockerfile.fips b/distribution/docker/src/docker/Dockerfile.fips
index 13237ff5d1ded..b8fa023e1016e 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/src/docker/Dockerfile.fips
+++ b/distribution/docker/src/docker/Dockerfile.fips
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ RUN cp node1/node1.crt config
 RUN cp node1/node1.key config
 
 WORKDIR /usr/share/elasticsearch/config
-# Add policies for FIPS
-RUN cat <<EOF > elasticsearch.yml
+# Add fips specific configuration
+RUN cat <<EOF >> elasticsearch.yml
 xpack.security.fips_mode.enabled: true
 xpack.security.enabled: true
 xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true
diff --git a/distribution/docker/src/docker/config/elasticsearch.yml b/distribution/docker/src/docker/config/elasticsearch.yml
index 3368f4a89a645..50b154702b941 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/src/docker/config/elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/distribution/docker/src/docker/config/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 cluster.name: "docker-cluster"
 network.host: 0.0.0.0
-#xpack.security.fips_mode.enabled: true
-#xpack.security.autoconfiguration.enabled: false
-## xpack.security.fips_mode.required_providers: ["BCFIPS"]
-#xpack.security.fips_mode.required_providers: ["BCFIPS", "BCJSSE"]
-#xpack.security.authc.password_hashing.algorithm: "pbkdf2_stretch"
-## xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true