diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/GenericFunctions.ts
index 778f03764c4ce..54a37a595330b 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -203,13 +203,12 @@ export const setAgentOptions = (
 	sslCertificates: HttpSslAuthCredentials | undefined,
 ) => {
 	if (sslCertificates) {
-		const agentOptions: SecureContextOptions = {
-			cert: sslCertificates.cert ? formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.cert) : undefined,
-			ca: sslCertificates.ca ? formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.ca) : undefined,
-			key: sslCertificates.key ? formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.key) : undefined,
-			passphrase: sslCertificates.passphrase || undefined,
-		};
-
-		requestOptions.agentOptions = { ...agentOptions };
+		const agentOptions: SecureContextOptions = {};
+		if (sslCertificates.ca) agentOptions.ca = formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.ca);
+		if (sslCertificates.cert) agentOptions.cert = formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.cert);
+		if (sslCertificates.key) agentOptions.key = formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.key);
+		if (sslCertificates.passphrase)
+			agentOptions.passphrase = formatPrivateKey(sslCertificates.passphrase);
+		requestOptions.agentOptions = agentOptions;
 	}
 };
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/interfaces.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/interfaces.ts
index a5bb4b88a1536..83ef3532daa2e 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/interfaces.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export type HttpSslAuthCredentials = {
-	ca: string;
-	cert: string;
-	key: string;
-	passphrase: string;
+	ca?: string;
+	cert?: string;
+	key?: string;
+	passphrase?: string;
 };
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/test/utils/utils.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/test/utils/utils.test.ts
index 21d93ece55dde..716b59e9b800f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/test/utils/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/test/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ describe('HTTP Node Utils, setAgentOptions', () => {
 			uri: 'https://example.com',
 		});
 	});
+
 	it('should have agentOptions set', async () => {
 		const requestOptions: IRequestOptions = {
 			method: 'GET',
@@ -58,10 +59,7 @@ describe('HTTP Node Utils, setAgentOptions', () => {
 		};
 
 		const sslCertificates = {
-			ca: '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIDkzCCAnugAwIBAgIUMSLEzahP0dHVcxwUtMGBKKIrmBQwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL BQAwWTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQVUxEzARBgNVBAgMClNvbWUtU3RhdGUxITAfBgNVBAoM GEludGVybmV0IFdpZGdpdHMgUHR5IEx0ZDESMBAGA1UEAwwJbG9jYWxob3N0MB4X DTI0MDQxNTExMDYwNFoXDTI0MDUxNTExMDYwNFowWTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQVUxEzAR BgNVBAgMClNvbWUtU3RhdGUxITAfBgNVBAoMGEludGVybmV0IFdpZGdpdHMgUHR5 IEx0ZDESMBAGA1UEAwwJbG9jYWxob3N0MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8A MIIBCgKCAQEAuTtIHsMtWvqTXKIj4hlMwxBj0RaGomACWxx1QrrMN478kWyWzzAk m725DVDCcKVVxu2FwsfWuReFSHNXfr1zyBNIhqAzKHA5LNBVPJ1r95Ecl0hlT1/5 hhQwKv6VHNsZV1WyVBtZNF/yEQBYkiUAjxC5fLjUc2NptUK7/lwoACCfCyOTFsx3 vmrxGbzewKn9Momoy+n67JErPpM/spf4CggL1dJw1nkZbiIa26OOpyCzj0aL0q+w +3xdoI8OOxaxtE72CqOdvVa+WSZaEE/hnelUwm/oJLdTZOQpGA3tnfziEL7a6bEC f94s2Zn5M1LeafYodVdDfeJqGDaDLJjkRQIDAQABo1MwUTAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUIoo6 igc93d8MNGtKbjT/dfpmNYYwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUIoo6igc93d8MNGtKbjT/dfpm NYYwDwYDVR0TAQH/BAUwAwEB/zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAcu+afpYCp0S7 YaDA6aoMcRY3qqbf56w6XCXIhvrFYR/recuwNPzmp1kIXS0b8CRsd8aDN3YE4o4V +mqCnsjrQB3y/uHOmXNMUD4UKGYsyiwCMDi0611mz/MjhtfZIubml8YJr62hB94b wosQmRBbbtio2e9NS+CHMwJlgVUSu+9TBTwgsSZZ6Temlm/m7jqQTFAmjn+852BX ww2E1kvI4HYRlELSGeWO9bCZvhROhV+ZEH7b1v58Z0RD4gE29tdnBYQKRfRTBMth g5uagkgMAx0TyfARX88zJbvZrg7sabYjE+DA5PKw3ePrnic+f1QmLhcedrsR/UgV a16pVsv+lA== -----END CERTIFICATE-----',
-			cert: '',
-			key: '',
-			passphrase: '',
+			ca: 'mock-ca',
 		};
 
 		setAgentOptions(requestOptions, sslCertificates);
@@ -70,10 +68,7 @@ describe('HTTP Node Utils, setAgentOptions', () => {
 			method: 'GET',
 			uri: 'https://example.com',
 			agentOptions: {
-				cert: undefined,
-				ca: '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\na16pVsv+lA==\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----',
-				key: undefined,
-				passphrase: undefined,
+				ca: 'mock-ca',
 			},
 		});
 	});