diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.test.ts
index d89126f549a1b7..43bea033a2e3df 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.test.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { KibanaRequest } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { securityMock } from '@kbn/security-plugin/server/mocks';
+import { securityServiceMock } from '@kbn/core-security-server-mocks';
 
 import { createApiKey } from './create_api_key';
 
 describe('createApiKey lib function', () => {
-  const security = securityMock.createStart();
-  const request = {} as KibanaRequest;
+  const security = securityServiceMock.createRequestHandlerContext();
 
   const indexName = 'my-index';
   const keyName = '{indexName}-key';
@@ -31,11 +29,9 @@ describe('createApiKey lib function', () => {
   });
 
   it('should create an api key via the security plugin', async () => {
-    await expect(createApiKey(request, security, indexName, keyName)).resolves.toEqual(
-      createResponse
-    );
+    await expect(createApiKey(security, indexName, keyName)).resolves.toEqual(createResponse);
 
-    expect(security.authc.apiKeys.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request, {
+    expect(security.authc.apiKeys.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       name: keyName,
       role_descriptors: {
         [`${indexName}-key-role`]: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.ts
index 0c1a62c4d30db0..b5d7fb7cf22e9b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/lib/indices/create_api_key.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,16 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { KibanaRequest } from '@kbn/core/server';
-
-import { SecurityPluginStart } from '@kbn/security-plugin/server';
+import type { SecurityRequestHandlerContext } from '@kbn/core-security-server';
 
 import { toAlphanumeric } from '../../../common/utils/to_alphanumeric';
 
 export const createApiKey = async (
-  request: KibanaRequest,
-  security: SecurityPluginStart,
+  security: SecurityRequestHandlerContext,
   indexName: string,
   keyName: string
 ) => {
-  return await security.authc.apiKeys.create(request, {
+  return await security.authc.apiKeys.create({
     name: keyName,
     role_descriptors: {
       [`${toAlphanumeric(indexName)}-key-role`]: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/plugin.ts
index a03429729bf2fd..d021b1b3cd6348 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/plugin.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import type { LicensingPluginStart } from '@kbn/licensing-plugin/public';
 import { LogsSharedPluginSetup } from '@kbn/logs-shared-plugin/server';
 import type { MlPluginSetup } from '@kbn/ml-plugin/server';
 import { SearchConnectorsPluginSetup } from '@kbn/search-connectors-plugin/server';
-import { SecurityPluginSetup, SecurityPluginStart } from '@kbn/security-plugin/server';
+import { SecurityPluginSetup } from '@kbn/security-plugin/server';
 import { SpacesPluginStart } from '@kbn/spaces-plugin/server';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/server';
 
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ interface PluginsSetup {
 
 export interface PluginsStart {
   data: DataPluginStart;
-  security: SecurityPluginStart;
   spaces?: SpacesPluginStart;
 }
 
@@ -284,9 +283,7 @@ export class EnterpriseSearchPlugin implements Plugin {
       registerAnalyticsRoutes({ ...dependencies, data, savedObjects: coreStart.savedObjects });
     });
 
-    void getStartServices().then(([, { security: securityStart }]) => {
-      registerApiKeysRoutes(dependencies, securityStart);
-    });
+    registerApiKeysRoutes(dependencies);
 
     /**
      * Bootstrap the routes, saved objects, and collector for telemetry
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/routes/enterprise_search/api_keys.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/routes/enterprise_search/api_keys.ts
index 8b94de5e6955c7..71e00bed279106 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/routes/enterprise_search/api_keys.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/server/routes/enterprise_search/api_keys.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@
 
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 
-import { SecurityPluginStart } from '@kbn/security-plugin/server';
-
 import { createApiKey } from '../../lib/indices/create_api_key';
 import { RouteDependencies } from '../../plugin';
 import { elasticsearchErrorHandler } from '../../utils/elasticsearch_error_handler';
 
-export function registerApiKeysRoutes(
-  { log, router }: RouteDependencies,
-  security: SecurityPluginStart
-) {
+export function registerApiKeysRoutes({ log, router }: RouteDependencies) {
   router.post(
     {
       path: '/internal/enterprise_search/{indexName}/api_keys',
@@ -32,8 +27,9 @@ export function registerApiKeysRoutes(
     elasticsearchErrorHandler(log, async (context, request, response) => {
       const indexName = decodeURIComponent(request.params.indexName);
       const { keyName } = request.body;
+      const { security: coreSecurity } = await context.core;
 
-      const createResponse = await createApiKey(request, security, indexName, keyName);
+      const createResponse = await createApiKey(coreSecurity, indexName, keyName);
 
       if (!createResponse) {
         throw new Error('Unable to create API Key');
@@ -118,7 +114,8 @@ export function registerApiKeysRoutes(
       },
     },
     async (context, request, response) => {
-      const result = await security.authc.apiKeys.create(request, request.body);
+      const { security: coreSecurity } = await context.core;
+      const result = await coreSecurity.authc.apiKeys.create(request.body);
       if (result) {
         const apiKey = { ...result, beats_logstash_format: `${result.id}:${result.api_key}` };
         return response.ok({ body: apiKey });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json
index 86cf6c39680058..58b1526e14baff 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
     "@kbn/core-chrome-browser",
     "@kbn/navigation-plugin",
     "@kbn/search-homepage",
-    "@kbn/security-plugin-types-common"
+    "@kbn/security-plugin-types-common",
+    "@kbn/core-security-server",
+    "@kbn/core-security-server-mocks"
   ]
 }