diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 761896837ad8f..4a52717e5bc5a 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ const AXIOS_LEGACY_CONSUMERS = [
   'x-pack/solutions/observability/test/profiling_cypress/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}',
   'x-pack/solutions/search/test/functional_enterprise_search/artifact_manager.ts',
   'x-pack/solutions/security/packages/kbn-securitysolution-utils/src/axios/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}',
-  'x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/elastic_assistant/scripts/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx,jsx}',
   'x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/data_loaders/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}',
   'x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/format_axios_error.ts',
   'x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/utils/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}',
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/elastic_assistant/scripts/create_conversations_script.ts b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/elastic_assistant/scripts/create_conversations_script.ts
index 636e256c92377..0261ab3f2b5ec 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/elastic_assistant/scripts/create_conversations_script.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/elastic_assistant/scripts/create_conversations_script.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
 import yargs from 'yargs/yargs';
 import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
-import axios from 'axios';
 import pLimit from 'p-limit';
 import { API_VERSIONS } from '@kbn/elastic-assistant-common';
 import { CreateMessageSchema } from '../server/ai_assistant_data_clients/conversations/types';
@@ -52,12 +51,20 @@ export const create = async () => {
 
   try {
     logger.info(`Fetching available connectors...`);
-    const { data: connectors } = await axios.get(connectorsApiUrl, {
+    const connectorsResponse = await fetch(connectorsApiUrl, {
       headers: requestHeaders,
     });
-    const aiConnectors = connectors.filter(
-      ({ connector_type_id: connectorTypeId }: { connector_type_id: string }) =>
-        AllowedActionTypeIds.includes(connectorTypeId)
+    if (!connectorsResponse.ok) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to fetch connectors from ${connectorsApiUrl}: ${connectorsResponse.status} ${connectorsResponse.statusText}`
+      );
+    }
+    const connectors = (await connectorsResponse.json()) as Array<{
+      id: string;
+      connector_type_id: string;
+    }>;
+    const aiConnectors = connectors.filter(({ connector_type_id: connectorTypeId }) =>
+      AllowedActionTypeIds.includes(connectorTypeId)
     );
     if (aiConnectors.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('No AI connectors found, create an AI connector to use this script');