diff --git a/cypress/plugins/index.js b/cypress/plugins/index.js
index eee870220..0c9a39de6 100644
--- a/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 /**
  * @type {Cypress.PluginConfig}
  */
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
 module.exports = (on) => {
   //   const options = {
   //     webpackOptions: {
@@ -42,4 +46,12 @@ module.exports = (on) => {
   //   };
   //
   //   on("file:preprocessor", wp(options));
+  on("task", {
+    readCertAndKey() {
+      const cert = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "../resources/kirk.pem"));
+      const key = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "../resources/kirk-key.pem"));
+
+      return { cert, key };
+    },
+  });
 };
diff --git a/cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem b/cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd1728cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKYwggSiAgEAAoIBAQCVXDgEJQorgfXp
+gpY0TgF55bD2xuzxN5Dc9rDfgWxrsOvOloMpd7k6FR71bKWjJi1KptSmM/cDElky
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+/AHmo368d4PSNRMMzLHw8Q==
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/cypress/resources/kirk.pem b/cypress/resources/kirk.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b89edfe18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/resources/kirk.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIEmDCCA4CgAwIBAgIUaYSlET3nzsotWTrWueVPPh10yLcwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
+BQAwgY8xEzARBgoJkiaJk/IsZAEZFgNjb20xFzAVBgoJkiaJk/IsZAEZFgdleGFt
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+e3kgnG8qjficUr38CyEli1U0M7koIXUZI7r+LQ==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/cypress/utils/commands.js b/cypress/utils/commands.js
index 4dd68a224..619fc8704 100644
--- a/cypress/utils/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/utils/commands.js
@@ -99,7 +99,17 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("login", () => {
 Cypress.Commands.add("deleteAllIndices", () => {
   cy.log("Deleting all indexes");
   cy.request("DELETE", `${Cypress.env("openSearchUrl")}/index*,sample*,opensearch_dashboards*`);
-  cy.request("DELETE", `${Cypress.env("openSearchUrl")}/.opendistro-ism*?expand_wildcards=all`);
+  cy.task("readCertAndKey").then(({ cert, key }) => {
+    cy.request({
+      method: "DELETE",
+      url: `${Cypress.env("openSearchUrl")}/.opendistro-ism*?expand_wildcards=all`,
+      headers: {},
+      agentOptions: {
+        cert,
+        key,
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add("deleteADSystemIndices", () => {