diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
index 459be596ed..82e94275c2 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
@@ -111,10 +111,12 @@ object Configuration {
 }
 
 class Ticket1978SHA1PRNGSpec
-    extends Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(getCipherConfig("SHA1PRNG", "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"))
+    extends Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(
+      getCipherConfig("SHA1PRNG", "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA", "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384"))
 
 class Ticket1978DefaultRNGSecureSpec
-    extends Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(getCipherConfig("", "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"))
+    extends Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(
+      getCipherConfig("", "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA", "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384"))
 
 class Ticket1978CrappyRSAWithMD5OnlyHereToMakeSureThingsWorkSpec
     extends Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(getCipherConfig("", "SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5"))
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/tcp/TlsTcpSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/tcp/TlsTcpSpec.scala
index 75f372ac34..4925446996 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/tcp/TlsTcpSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/tcp/TlsTcpSpec.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TlsTcpWithSHA1PRNGSpec
     extends TlsTcpSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
     akka.remote.artery.ssl.config-ssl-engine {
       random-number-generator = "SHA1PRNG"
-      enabled-algorithms = ["TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"]
+      enabled-algorithms = ["TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384"]
     }
     """))
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class TlsTcpWithDefaultRNGSecureSpec
     extends TlsTcpSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
     akka.remote.artery.ssl.config-ssl-engine {
       random-number-generator = ""
-      enabled-algorithms = ["TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"]
+      enabled-algorithms = ["TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384"]
     }
     """))
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemotingSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemotingSpec.scala
index c61a93e5a1..e130b81f31 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemotingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemotingSpec.scala
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ object RemotingSpec {
       key-password = "changeme"
       trust-store-password = "changeme"
       protocol = "TLSv1.2"
-      enabled-algorithms = [TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA]
+      enabled-algorithms = [TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384]
     }
 
     common-netty-settings {