diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.go b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
index b57a36eca88..7a0ac74c945 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/transport/tlscommon"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-ucfg"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-ucfg/cfgutil"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	tlscommon.SetInsecureDefaults()
+}
+
 // options hold the specified options
 type options struct {
 	otelKeys []string
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/test/tls_version_test.go b/internal/pkg/config/test/tls_version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..864b856daf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/test/tls_version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License 2.0.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/transport/tlscommon"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/agent/configuration"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/internal/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pkg/core/logger"
+)
+
+func TestTLSVersionsDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	l := newLoader(t, filepath.Join("..", "testdata"))
+	c, err := l.Load([]string{filepath.Join("..", "testdata", "tls.yml")})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	agentCfg, err := configuration.NewFromConfig(c)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	common, err := tlscommon.LoadTLSConfig(agentCfg.Fleet.Client.Transport.TLS)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cfg := common.ToConfig()
+	assert.Equal(t, uint16(tls.VersionTLS11), cfg.MinVersion)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint16(tls.VersionTLS13), cfg.MaxVersion)
+}
+
+func TestTLSVersions10(t *testing.T) {
+	l := newLoader(t, filepath.Join("..", "testdata"))
+	c, err := l.Load([]string{filepath.Join("..", "testdata", "tls10.yml")})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	agentCfg, err := configuration.NewFromConfig(c)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	common, err := tlscommon.LoadTLSConfig(agentCfg.Fleet.Client.Transport.TLS)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cfg := common.ToConfig()
+	assert.Equal(t, uint16(tls.VersionTLS10), cfg.MinVersion)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint16(tls.VersionTLS10), cfg.MaxVersion)
+}
+
+func newLoader(t *testing.T, folder string) *config.Loader {
+	t.Helper()
+	log, err := logger.New("config_test", true)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return config.NewLoader(log, folder)
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/testdata/tls.yml b/internal/pkg/config/testdata/tls.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..771bfab7cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/testdata/tls.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fleet:
+    hosts: [127.0.0.1:9201]
+    ssl:
+      enabled: true
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/testdata/tls10.yml b/internal/pkg/config/testdata/tls10.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..113a20c55e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/testdata/tls10.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+fleet:
+    hosts: [127.0.0.1:9201]
+    ssl:
+      enabled: true
+      supported_protocols:
+        - TLSv1.0