diff --git a/plugins/transport-grpc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/Netty4GrpcServerTransport.java b/plugins/transport-grpc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/Netty4GrpcServerTransport.java
index 0dd9890505255..35a64c2b96b06 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-grpc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/Netty4GrpcServerTransport.java
+++ b/plugins/transport-grpc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/Netty4GrpcServerTransport.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 public class Netty4GrpcServerTransport extends NetworkPlugin.AuxTransport {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Netty4GrpcServerTransport.class);
-    public static final String GRPC_TRANSPORT_SETTING_KEY = "grpc-transport";
+    public static final String GRPC_TRANSPORT_SETTING_KEY = "experimental-transport-grpc";
     public static final Setting<PortsRange> SETTING_GRPC_PORTS = AUX_TRANSPORT_PORTS.getConcreteSettingForNamespace(
         GRPC_TRANSPORT_SETTING_KEY
     );