diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b202bf196dbdf..668b386bcad42a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@
     "antlr4ts": "^0.5.0-alpha.3",
     "archiver": "^5.3.1",
     "async": "^3.2.3",
-    "axios": "^0.27.2",
+    "axios": "^1.1.2",
     "base64-js": "^1.3.1",
     "bitmap-sdf": "^1.0.3",
     "blurhash": "^2.0.1",
@@ -1549,5 +1549,10 @@
     "xml-crypto": "^3.0.1",
     "xmlbuilder": "13.0.2",
     "yargs": "^15.4.1"
+  },
+  "jest": {
+    "moduleNameMapper": {
+      "axios": "axios/dist/node/axios.cjs"
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/kbn-ci-stats-reporter/src/ci_stats_reporter.ts b/packages/kbn-ci-stats-reporter/src/ci_stats_reporter.ts
index 0f469de2a4ebe3..62da562ad14768 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ci-stats-reporter/src/ci_stats_reporter.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-ci-stats-reporter/src/ci_stats_reporter.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ import { REPO_ROOT, kibanaPackageJson } from '@kbn/repo-info';
 import { parseConfig, Config, CiStatsMetadata } from '@kbn/ci-stats-core';
 import type { SomeDevLog } from '@kbn/some-dev-log';
 
-// @ts-expect-error not "public", but necessary to prevent Jest shimming from breaking things
-import httpAdapter from 'axios/lib/adapters/http';
-
 import type { CiStatsTestGroupInfo, CiStatsTestRun } from './ci_stats_test_group_types';
 
 const BASE_URL = 'https://ci-stats.kibana.dev';
@@ -375,7 +372,7 @@ export class CiStatsReporter {
           headers,
           data: body,
           params: query,
-          adapter: httpAdapter,
+          adapter: 'http',
 
           // if it can be serialized into a string, send it
           maxBodyLength: Infinity,
diff --git a/src/dev/build/lib/download.ts b/src/dev/build/lib/download.ts
index d39cb7d77f9610..d7f0b1dfe43b48 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/lib/download.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/lib/download.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ import Axios from 'axios';
 import { isAxiosResponseError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 
-// https://github.com/axios/axios/tree/ffea03453f77a8176c51554d5f6c3c6829294649/lib/adapters
-// @ts-expect-error untyped internal module used to prevent axios from using xhr adapter in tests
-import AxiosHttpAdapter from 'axios/lib/adapters/http';
-
 import { mkdirp } from './fs';
 
 function tryUnlink(path: string) {
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ export async function downloadToDisk({
       const response = await Axios.request({
         url,
         responseType: 'stream',
-        adapter: AxiosHttpAdapter,
+        adapter: 'http',
       });
 
       if (response.status !== 200) {
@@ -171,7 +167,7 @@ export async function downloadToString({
       const resp = await Axios.request<string>({
         url,
         method: 'GET',
-        adapter: AxiosHttpAdapter,
+        adapter: 'http',
         responseType: 'text',
         validateStatus: !expectStatus ? undefined : (status) => status === expectStatus,
       });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3fa41c07ccd713..7800daba416728 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11048,14 +11048,6 @@ axios@^0.26.0:
   dependencies:
     follow-redirects "^1.14.8"
 
-axios@^0.27.2:
-  version "0.27.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.27.2.tgz#207658cc8621606e586c85db4b41a750e756d972"
-  integrity sha512-t+yRIyySRTp/wua5xEr+z1q60QmLq8ABsS5O9Me1AsE5dfKqgnCFzwiCZZ/cGNd1lq4/7akDWMxdhVlucjmnOQ==
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.14.9"
-    form-data "^4.0.0"
-
 axios@^1.1.2, axios@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-1.4.0.tgz#38a7bf1224cd308de271146038b551d725f0be1f"
@@ -16322,7 +16314,7 @@ folktale@2.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/folktale/-/folktale-2.3.2.tgz#38231b039e5ef36989920cbf805bf6b227bf4fd4"
   integrity sha512-+8GbtQBwEqutP0v3uajDDoN64K2ehmHd0cjlghhxh0WpcfPzAIjPA03e1VvHlxL02FVGR0A6lwXsNQKn3H1RNQ==
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.8, follow-redirects@^1.14.9, follow-redirects@^1.15.0:
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.8, follow-redirects@^1.15.0:
   version "1.15.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.2.tgz#b460864144ba63f2681096f274c4e57026da2c13"
   integrity sha512-VQLG33o04KaQ8uYi2tVNbdrWp1QWxNNea+nmIB4EVM28v0hmP17z7aG1+wAkNzVq4KeXTq3221ye5qTJP91JwA==