diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin/build.gradle
index 9d61257c75c..b7dca718c3c 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ configurations {
     testArtifacts.extendsFrom testRuntime
 }
 task testJar(type: Jar) {
-    classifier "test"
+    appendix 'test'
     from sourceSets.test.output
 }
 artifacts {
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy b/plugin/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy
index d375ac82323..974c7b373a9 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy
+++ b/plugin/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ grant codeBase "${codebase.elasticsearch-rest-client}" {
   permission java.net.NetPermission "getProxySelector";
 };
 
-grant codeBase "${codebase.httpasyncclient-4.1.2.jar}" {
+grant codeBase "${codebase.httpasyncclient}" {
   // rest client uses system properties which gets the default proxy
   permission java.net.NetPermission "getProxySelector";
 };