diff --git a/scripts/default/integtest.sh b/scripts/default/integtest.sh
index eb12e34a0d..7a600d4cf8 100755
--- a/scripts/default/integtest.sh
+++ b/scripts/default/integtest.sh
@@ -87,9 +87,16 @@ then
   SNAPSHOT="false"
 fi
 
+OPENSEARCH_REQUIRED_VERSION="2.12.0"
 if [ -z "$CREDENTIAL" ]
 then
-  CREDENTIAL="admin:admin"
+  # Starting in 2.12.0, security demo configuration script requires an initial admin password
+  COMPARE_VERSION=`echo $OPENSEARCH_REQUIRED_VERSION $OPENSEARCH_VERSION | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -V | uniq | head -n 1`
+  if [ "$COMPARE_VERSION" != "$OPENSEARCH_REQUIRED_VERSION" ]; then
+    CREDENTIAL="admin:admin"
+  else
+    CREDENTIAL="admin:myStrongPassword123!"
+  fi
 fi
 
 USERNAME=`echo $CREDENTIAL | awk -F ':' '{print $1}'`
diff --git a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_tar.py b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_tar.py
index d3317d1263..4c8ed65336 100644
--- a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_tar.py
+++ b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_tar.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def install(self, bundle_name: str) -> None:
     @property
     def start_cmd(self) -> str:
         start_cmd_map = {
-            "opensearch": "./opensearch-tar-install.sh",
+            "opensearch": "export OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myStrongPassword123! && ./opensearch-tar-install.sh",
             "opensearch-dashboards": "./opensearch-dashboards",
         }
         return start_cmd_map[self.filename]
diff --git a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_zip.py b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_zip.py
index ad3c2c09ba..9dcb80b355 100644
--- a/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_zip.py
+++ b/src/test_workflow/integ_test/distribution_zip.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def install(self, bundle_name: str) -> None:
     @property
     def start_cmd(self) -> str:
         start_cmd_map = {
-            "opensearch": ".\\opensearch-windows-install.bat",
+            "opensearch": "set OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myStrongPassword123! .\\opensearch-windows-install.bat",
             "opensearch-dashboards": ".\\opensearch-dashboards.bat",
         }
         return start_cmd_map[self.filename]
diff --git a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_tar.py b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_tar.py
index 488ccf8d88..0b52fdc65a 100644
--- a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_tar.py
+++ b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_tar.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_install(self) -> None:
             mock_tarfile_extractall.assert_called_with(self.work_dir)
 
     def test_start_cmd(self) -> None:
-        self.assertEqual(self.distribution_tar.start_cmd, "./opensearch-tar-install.sh")
+        self.assertEqual(self.distribution_tar.start_cmd, "export OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myStrongPassword123! && ./opensearch-tar-install.sh")
         self.assertEqual(self.distribution_tar_dashboards.start_cmd, "./opensearch-dashboards")
 
     @patch("subprocess.check_call")
diff --git a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_zip.py b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_zip.py
index fbd5b53695..b4113939e5 100644
--- a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_zip.py
+++ b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_distribution_zip.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_install(self) -> None:
             mock_zipfile_extractall.assert_called_with(self.work_dir)
 
     def test_start_cmd(self) -> None:
-        self.assertEqual(self.distribution_zip.start_cmd, ".\\opensearch-windows-install.bat")
+        self.assertEqual(self.distribution_zip.start_cmd, "set OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myStrongPassword123! .\\opensearch-windows-install.bat")
 
     @patch("subprocess.check_call")
     def test_uninstall(self, check_call_mock: Mock) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_service_opensearch.py b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_service_opensearch.py
index 0b8cf02621..b17a379b4f 100644
--- a/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_service_opensearch.py
+++ b/tests/tests_test_workflow/test_integ_workflow/integ_test/test_service_opensearch.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_start(self, mock_tarfile_open: Mock, mock_dump: Mock, mock_file: Mock,
         # call test target function
         service.start()
 
-        mock_process.assert_called_once_with("./opensearch-tar-install.sh", os.path.join(self.work_dir, "opensearch-1.1.0"), False)
+        mock_process.assert_called_once_with("export OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=myStrongPassword123! && ./opensearch-tar-install.sh", os.path.join(self.work_dir, "opensearch-1.1.0"), False)
 
         mock_dump.assert_called_once_with(self.additional_config)