diff --git a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index a62437a8b..964aeea6b 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -274,15 +274,12 @@ curl localhost:9200
 
 Additionally, it is also possible to run a cluster with security enabled:
 ```shell script
-./gradlew run -Dsecurity.enabled=true -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=admin
+./gradlew run -Dsecurity.enabled=true -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=<admin-password>
 ```
 
-By default, if `-Dsecurity.enabled=true` is passed the following defaults will be used: `https=true`, `user=admin` and
-`password=admin`.
-
 Then, to access the cluster, we can run
 ```bash
-curl https://localhost:9200 --insecure -u admin:admin
+curl https://localhost:9200 --insecure -u admin:<admin-password>
 
 {
   "name" : "integTest-0",
@@ -301,7 +298,6 @@ curl https://localhost:9200 --insecure -u admin:admin
   },
   "tagline" : "The OpenSearch Project: https://opensearch.org/"
 }
-```
 
 ### Run Multi-node Cluster Locally
 
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@ Integration tests can be run with remote cluster. For that run the following com
 In case remote cluster is secured it's possible to pass username and password with the following command:
 
 ```
-./gradlew :integTestRemote -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername="integTest-0" -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=admin
+./gradlew :integTestRemote -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername="integTest-0" -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=<admin-password>
 ```
 
 ### Debugging
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a0dae2559..f8831398f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -336,12 +336,14 @@ integTest {
     var is_https = System.getProperty("https")
     var user = System.getProperty("user")
     var password = System.getProperty("password")
+
     if (System.getProperty("security.enabled") != null) {
         // If security is enabled, set is_https/user/password defaults
         is_https = is_https == null ? "true" : is_https
         user = user == null ? "admin" : user
         password = password == null ? "admin" : password
     }
+
     systemProperty("https", is_https)
     systemProperty("user", user)
     systemProperty("password", password)