diff --git a/modules/repository-gcs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/gcs/GoogleCloudStorageBlobContainerRetriesTests.java b/modules/repository-gcs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/gcs/GoogleCloudStorageBlobContainerRetriesTests.java
index a9aa861d609a4..0d8933b44b7ab 100644
--- a/modules/repository-gcs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/gcs/GoogleCloudStorageBlobContainerRetriesTests.java
+++ b/modules/repository-gcs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/gcs/GoogleCloudStorageBlobContainerRetriesTests.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ StorageOptions createStorageOptions(
                     @Override
                     public HttpRequestInitializer getHttpRequestInitializer(ServiceOptions<?, ?> serviceOptions) {
                         // Add initializer/interceptor without interfering with any pre-existing ones
-                        HttpRequestInitializer httpRequestInitializer = super.getHttpRequestInitializer(serviceOptions);
+                        HttpRequestInitializer httpRequestInitializer = httpTransportOptions.getHttpRequestInitializer(serviceOptions);
                         return request -> {
                             if (httpRequestInitializer != null) {
                                 httpRequestInitializer.initialize(request);