diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectoryGroupsResolver.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectoryGroupsResolver.java
index 5216905597c..5f71e1fcbb0 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectoryGroupsResolver.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectoryGroupsResolver.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class ActiveDirectoryGroupsResolver implements GroupsResolver {
         Filter groupSearchFilter = buildGroupQuery(connection, userDn, timeout, logger);
         logger.debug("group SID to DN search filter: [{}]", groupSearchFilter);
 
-        SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(baseDn, scope.scope(), groupSearchFilter, Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+        SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(baseDn, scope.scope(), groupSearchFilter, SearchRequest.NO_ATTRIBUTES);
         searchRequest.setTimeLimitSeconds(Math.toIntExact(timeout.seconds()));
         SearchResult results;
         try {
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactory.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactory.java
index 37f6f1e685e..3648bd9d3cb 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactory.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/activedirectory/ActiveDirectorySessionFactory.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ActiveDirectorySessionFactory extends SessionFactory {
         try {
             connection.bind(userPrincipal, new String(password.internalChars()));
             SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(userSearchDN, userSearchScope.scope(),
-                    createFilter(userSearchFilter, userName), Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+                    createFilter(userSearchFilter, userName), SearchRequest.NO_ATTRIBUTES);
             searchRequest.setTimeLimitSeconds(Math.toIntExact(timeout.seconds()));
             SearchResult results = search(connection, searchRequest, logger);
             int numResults = results.getEntryCount();
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/LdapUserSearchSessionFactory.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/LdapUserSearchSessionFactory.java
index 89848da5a6f..0acb7b10088 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/LdapUserSearchSessionFactory.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/LdapUserSearchSessionFactory.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class LdapUserSearchSessionFactory extends SessionFactory {
 
     private String findUserDN(String user) throws Exception {
         SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest(userSearchBaseDn, scope.scope(), createEqualityFilter(userAttribute, encodeValue(user))
-                , Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+                , SearchRequest.NO_ATTRIBUTES);
         request.setTimeLimitSeconds(Math.toIntExact(timeout.seconds()));
         LDAPConnectionPool connectionPool = connectionPool();
         SearchResultEntry entry = searchForEntry(connectionPool, request, logger);
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/SearchGroupsResolver.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/SearchGroupsResolver.java
index 904dc0205eb..776237e1bbc 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/SearchGroupsResolver.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authc/ldap/SearchGroupsResolver.java
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class SearchGroupsResolver implements GroupsResolver {
 
         String userId = userAttribute != null ? readUserAttribute(connection, userDn, timeout, logger) : userDn;
         try {
-            SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(baseDn, scope.scope(), createFilter(filter, userId), Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+            SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(baseDn, scope.scope(), createFilter(filter, userId), 
+                    SearchRequest.NO_ATTRIBUTES);
             searchRequest.setTimeLimitSeconds(Math.toIntExact(timeout.seconds()));
             SearchResult results = search(connection, searchRequest, logger);
             for (SearchResultEntry entry : results.getSearchEntries()) {