diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 216e58e42b5..3705a6c0b87 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -829,11 +829,11 @@ SOFTWARE
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs
-Version: v0.17.4
+Version: v0.17.5
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.17.4/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.17.5/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/cmd/apm-server/main.go b/cmd/apm-server/main.go
index 72244c3d3d3..dc17bc38a24 100644
--- a/cmd/apm-server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/apm-server/main.go
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/internal/beatcmd"
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/internal/beater"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/transport/tlscommon"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	tlscommon.SetInsecureDefaults()
+}
+
 func main() {
 	rootCmd := beatcmd.NewRootCommand(beatcmd.BeatParams{
 		NewRunner: func(args beatcmd.RunnerParams) (beatcmd.Runner, error) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 37550dd373d..16350e56f03 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/apm-data v1.14.1
 	github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20241218175401-8b9a76e3db69
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.16.0
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.4
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.5
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.5
 	github.com/elastic/gmux v0.3.2
 	github.com/elastic/go-docappender/v2 v2.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22fa787e504..1b249ad05f2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0 h1:+iWIKh0u3e8I+CJa3FfWe9h0
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0/go.mod h1:5iUxLHhVdaGSWYTveSwfJEY4RqPXTG13LPiFoxcpFd4=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.16.0 h1:yKGq2+CxAuW8Kh0EoNl202tqAyQKfBcPRawVKs2Jve0=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.16.0/go.mod h1:6h+f9QdIr3GO2ODC0Y8+aEXRwzbA5W4eV4dd/67z7nI=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.4 h1:kWK5Kn2EQjM97yHqbeXv+cFAIti4IiI9Qj8huM+lZzE=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.4/go.mod h1:5CR02awPrBr+tfmjBBK+JI+dMmHNQjpVY24J0wjbC7M=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.5 h1:oyv5BohMia+49tZnsOmTyRWp5LoZbH8iOmGa7c4TqTs=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.5/go.mod h1:5CR02awPrBr+tfmjBBK+JI+dMmHNQjpVY24J0wjbC7M=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.5 h1:JSjXFEn8uYZ9hoC/GxZNMgJ622UoP96sjYP/49/Uvuo=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.5/go.mod h1:nzkrGajQA29YNcfP62gfzhxX9an3/xdQ3RmfQNw9YTI=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0 h1:Y2S/FBjx1LlCv5m6pWAF2kDJAHoSjSRSJCApolgfthA=
diff --git a/x-pack/apm-server/main.go b/x-pack/apm-server/main.go
index caab7b061e2..09456580690 100644
--- a/x-pack/apm-server/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/apm-server/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/monitoring"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/paths"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/transport/tlscommon"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-data/model/modelpb"
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-data/model/modelprocessor"
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
+	tlscommon.SetInsecureDefaults()
+
 	management.ConfigTransform.SetTransform(
 		func(unit *proto.UnitExpectedConfig, agentInfo *client.AgentInfo) ([]*reload.ConfigWithMeta, error) {
 			// NOTE(axw) we intentionally do not log the entire config here,