diff --git a/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl.go b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl.go
index ca9df078ebcd..2f0d2ea79e43 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl.go
@@ -44,26 +44,13 @@ func (c *SaslConfig) ConfigureSarama(config *sarama.Config) {
 	case saslTypeSCRAMSHA256:
 		config.Net.SASL.Handshake = true
 		config.Net.SASL.Mechanism = sarama.SASLMechanism(sarama.SASLTypeSCRAMSHA256)
-		config.Net.SASL.SCRAMClientGeneratorFunc = func() sarama.SCRAMClient {
-			return &XDGSCRAMClient{HashGeneratorFcn: SHA256}
-		}
+		config.Net.SASL.SCRAMClientGeneratorFunc = scramClient(saslTypeSCRAMSHA256)
 	case saslTypeSCRAMSHA512:
 		config.Net.SASL.Handshake = true
 		config.Net.SASL.Mechanism = sarama.SASLMechanism(sarama.SASLTypeSCRAMSHA512)
-		config.Net.SASL.SCRAMClientGeneratorFunc = func() sarama.SCRAMClient {
-			return &XDGSCRAMClient{HashGeneratorFcn: SHA512}
-		}
+		config.Net.SASL.SCRAMClientGeneratorFunc = scramClient(saslTypeSCRAMSHA512)
 	default:
 		// This should never happen because `SaslMechanism` is checked on `Validate()`, keeping a panic to detect it earlier if it happens.
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("not valid SASL mechanism '%v', only supported with PLAIN|SCRAM-SHA-512|SCRAM-SHA-256", c.SaslMechanism))
 	}
 }
-
-func (c *SaslConfig) Validate() error {
-	switch strings.ToUpper(c.SaslMechanism) { // try not to force users to use all upper case
-	case "", saslTypePlaintext, saslTypeSCRAMSHA256, saslTypeSCRAMSHA512:
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("not valid SASL mechanism '%v', only supported with PLAIN|SCRAM-SHA-512|SCRAM-SHA-256", c.SaslMechanism)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_fips.go b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_fips.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..414854cb9e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_fips.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//go:build requirefips
+
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/sarama"
+)
+
+func (c *SaslConfig) Validate() error {
+	switch strings.ToUpper(c.SaslMechanism) { // try not to force users to use all upper case
+	case "", saslTypePlaintext:
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("not valid SASL mechanism '%v', only supported with PLAIN", c.SaslMechanism)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func scramClient(mechanism string) func() sarama.SCRAMClient {
+	// This should never happen because `SaslMechanism` is checked on `Validate()`, keeping a panic to detect it earlier if it happens.
+	panic("scram sasl auth not supported in fips mode")
+}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_fips_test.go b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_fips_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3fc1be53a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_fips_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//go:build requirefips
+
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := SaslConfig{
+		SaslMechanism: saslTypeSCRAMSHA512,
+	}
+	require.Error(t, cfg.Validate())
+
+	cfg.SaslMechanism = saslTypeSCRAMSHA256
+	require.Error(t, cfg.Validate())
+}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_nofips.go b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_nofips.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a3f927571f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_nofips.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//go:build !requirefips
+
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/sarama"
+)
+
+func (c *SaslConfig) Validate() error {
+	switch strings.ToUpper(c.SaslMechanism) { // try not to force users to use all upper case
+	case "", saslTypePlaintext, saslTypeSCRAMSHA256, saslTypeSCRAMSHA512:
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("not valid SASL mechanism '%v', only supported with PLAIN|SCRAM-SHA-512|SCRAM-SHA-256", c.SaslMechanism)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func scramClient(mechanism string) func() sarama.SCRAMClient {
+	if mechanism == saslTypeSCRAMSHA512 {
+		return func() sarama.SCRAMClient {
+			return &XDGSCRAMClient{HashGeneratorFcn: SHA512}
+		}
+	}
+	return func() sarama.SCRAMClient {
+		return &XDGSCRAMClient{HashGeneratorFcn: SHA256}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_nofips_test.go b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_nofips_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..507054789868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbeat/common/kafka/sasl_nofips_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//go:build !requirefips
+
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := SaslConfig{
+		SaslMechanism: saslTypeSCRAMSHA512,
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, cfg.Validate())
+
+	cfg.SaslMechanism = saslTypeSCRAMSHA256
+	require.NoError(t, cfg.Validate())
+}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kafka/scram.go b/libbeat/common/kafka/scram.go
index e87ed11f756e..af85f2df9831 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kafka/scram.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kafka/scram.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+//go:build !requirefips
+
 // https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/blob/master/examples/sasl_scram_client/scram_client.go
 package kafka