diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/api_integration/test_suites/common/reporting/management.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/api_integration/test_suites/common/reporting/management.ts
index 3d4c0a31cf126..8610bb6aa1c2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/api_integration/test_suites/common/reporting/management.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/api_integration/test_suites/common/reporting/management.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 // the archived data holds a report created by test_user
 const TEST_USERNAME = 'test_user';
 const TEST_USER_PASSWORD = 'changeme';
-const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = 'elastic_serverless';
-const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = 'changeme';
 const API_HEADER: [string, string] = ['kbn-xsrf', 'reporting'];
 const INTERNAL_HEADER: [string, string] = [X_ELASTIC_INTERNAL_ORIGIN_REQUEST, 'Kibana'];
 
 export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const supertest = getService('supertestWithoutAuth');
+  const config = getService('config');
+
+  const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = config.get('servers.kibana.username');
+  const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = config.get('servers.kibana.password');
 
   describe('Reporting Management', function () {
     // security_exception: action [indices:admin/create] is unauthorized for user [elastic] with effective roles [superuser] on restricted indices [.reporting-2020.04.19], this action is granted by the index privileges [create_index,manage,all]
diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/services/svl_reporting.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/services/svl_reporting.ts
index 70c7b9c04827e..0187ae7172be3 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/services/svl_reporting.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/services/svl_reporting.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const INTERNAL_HEADER: [string, string] = [X_ELASTIC_INTERNAL_ORIGIN_REQUEST, 'K
 // const REPORTING_ROLE = 'reporting_user_role';
 // const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = 'reporting_user-password';
 // const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = 'reporting_user';
-const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = 'elastic_serverless';
-const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = 'changeme';
 
 /**
  * Services to create roles and users for security testing
@@ -30,6 +28,9 @@ export function SvlReportingServiceProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext)
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const config = getService('config');
 
+  const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = config.get('servers.kibana.username');
+  const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = config.get('servers.kibana.password');
+
   return {
     /**
      * Define a role that DOES grant privileges to create certain types of reports.
diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/shared/services/svl_reporting.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/shared/services/svl_reporting.ts
index cde7567ab9a7f..4fc6da28f082e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/shared/services/svl_reporting.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/shared/services/svl_reporting.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../functional/ftr_provider_context';
 const API_HEADER: [string, string] = ['kbn-xsrf', 'reporting'];
 const INTERNAL_HEADER: [string, string] = [X_ELASTIC_INTERNAL_ORIGIN_REQUEST, 'Kibana'];
 
-const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = 'elastic_serverless';
-const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = 'changeme';
-
 /**
  * Services to create roles and users for security testing
  */
@@ -27,6 +24,9 @@ export function SvlReportingServiceProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext)
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const config = getService('config');
 
+  const REPORTING_USER_USERNAME = config.get('servers.kibana.username');
+  const REPORTING_USER_PASSWORD = config.get('servers.kibana.password');
+
   return {
     /**
      * Use the internal API to create any kind of report job