diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SslContextHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SslContextHandler.java
index 9fda1641af..6cf6f4fb31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SslContextHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SslContextHandler.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void reloadSslContext() throws CertificateException {
         if (sameCertificates(newCertificates)) {
             return;
         }
-        validateNewCertificates(newCertificates);
+        validateNewCertificates(newCertificates, sslConfiguration.sslParameters().shouldValidateNewCertDNs());
         invalidateSessions();
         if (sslContext.isClient()) {
             sslContext = sslConfiguration.buildClientSslContext(false);
@@ -141,13 +141,16 @@ private void validateSans(final List<Certificate> newCertificates) throws Certif
         }
     }
 
-    private void validateNewCertificates(final List<Certificate> newCertificates) throws CertificateException {
+    private void validateNewCertificates(final List<Certificate> newCertificates, boolean shouldValidateNewCertDNs)
+        throws CertificateException {
         for (final var certificate : newCertificates) {
             certificate.x509Certificate().checkValidity();
         }
-        validateSubjectDns(newCertificates);
-        validateIssuerDns(newCertificates);
-        validateSans(newCertificates);
+        if (shouldValidateNewCertDNs) {
+            validateSubjectDns(newCertificates);
+            validateIssuerDns(newCertificates);
+            validateSans(newCertificates);
+        }
     }
 
     private void invalidateSessions() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/config/SslParameters.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/config/SslParameters.java
index eef14cea0a..a31b14723b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/config/SslParameters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/config/SslParameters.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.SSLConfigConstants.ENABLED_CIPHERS;
 import static org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.SSLConfigConstants.ENABLED_PROTOCOLS;
 import static org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.SSLConfigConstants.ENABLE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE;
+import static org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.SSLConfigConstants.ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION;
 import static org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.SSLConfigConstants.OPENSSL_1_1_1_BETA_9;
 import static org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.SSLConfigConstants.OPENSSL_AVAILABLE;
 
@@ -53,11 +54,20 @@ public class SslParameters {
 
     private final List<String> ciphers;
 
-    private SslParameters(SslProvider provider, final ClientAuth clientAuth, List<String> protocols, List<String> ciphers) {
+    private final boolean validateCertDNsOnReload;
+
+    private SslParameters(
+        SslProvider provider,
+        final ClientAuth clientAuth,
+        List<String> protocols,
+        List<String> ciphers,
+        boolean validateCertDNsOnReload
+    ) {
         this.provider = provider;
         this.ciphers = ciphers;
         this.protocols = protocols;
         this.clientAuth = clientAuth;
+        this.validateCertDNsOnReload = validateCertDNsOnReload;
     }
 
     public ClientAuth clientAuth() {
@@ -76,6 +86,10 @@ public List<String> allowedProtocols() {
         return protocols;
     }
 
+    public boolean shouldValidateNewCertDNs() {
+        return validateCertDNsOnReload;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o) return true;
@@ -112,6 +126,10 @@ private SslProvider provider(final Settings settings) {
             }
         }
 
+        private boolean validateCertDNsOnReload(final Settings settings) {
+            return settings.getAsBoolean(ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION, true);
+        }
+
         private List<String> protocols(final SslProvider provider, final Settings settings, boolean http) {
             final var allowedProtocols = settings.getAsList(ENABLED_PROTOCOLS, List.of(ALLOWED_SSL_PROTOCOLS));
             if (provider == SslProvider.OPENSSL) {
@@ -181,7 +199,8 @@ public SslParameters load(final boolean http) {
                 provider,
                 clientAuth,
                 protocols(provider, sslConfigSettings, http),
-                ciphers(provider, sslConfigSettings)
+                ciphers(provider, sslConfigSettings),
+                validateCertDNsOnReload(sslConfigSettings)
             );
             if (sslParameters.allowedProtocols().isEmpty()) {
                 throw new OpenSearchSecurityException("No ssl protocols for " + (http ? "HTTP" : "Transport") + " layer");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLConfigConstants.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLConfigConstants.java
index 003c46b093..0a67e1a520 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLConfigConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLConfigConstants.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public final class SSLConfigConstants {
 
     public static final String CLIENT_AUTH_MODE = "clientauth_mode";
 
+    public static final String ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION = "enforce_cert_reload_dn_verification";
+
     public static final String KEYSTORE_TYPE = "keystore_type";
     public static final String KEYSTORE_ALIAS = "keystore_alias";
     public static final String KEYSTORE_FILEPATH = "keystore_filepath";
@@ -82,8 +84,8 @@ public final class SSLConfigConstants {
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_HTTP_TRUSTSTORE_ALIAS = "plugins.security.ssl.http.truststore_alias";
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_HTTP_TRUSTSTORE_FILEPATH = "plugins.security.ssl.http.truststore_filepath";
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_HTTP_TRUSTSTORE_TYPE = "plugins.security.ssl.http.truststore_type";
-    public static final String SECURITY_SSL_HTTP_ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION =
-        "plugins.security.ssl.http.enforce_cert_reload_dn_verification";
+    public static final String SECURITY_SSL_HTTP_ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION = "plugins.security.ssl.http."
+        + ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION;
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENABLE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE =
         "plugins.security.ssl.transport.enable_openssl_if_available";
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENABLED = "plugins.security.ssl.transport.enabled";
@@ -93,8 +95,8 @@ public final class SSLConfigConstants {
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENFORCE_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION_RESOLVE_HOST_NAME =
         "plugins.security.ssl.transport.resolve_hostname";
 
-    public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION =
-        "plugins.security.ssl.transport.enforce_cert_reload_dn_verification";
+    public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION = "plugins.security.ssl.transport."
+        + ENFORCE_CERT_RELOAD_DN_VERIFICATION;
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_KEYSTORE_ALIAS = "plugins.security.ssl.transport.keystore_alias";
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_SERVER_KEYSTORE_ALIAS = "plugins.security.ssl.transport.server.keystore_alias";
     public static final String SECURITY_SSL_TRANSPORT_CLIENT_KEYSTORE_ALIAS = "plugins.security.ssl.transport.client.keystore_alias";
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SecuritySSLReloadCertsActionTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SecuritySSLReloadCertsActionTests.java
index d3b428e9b2..86d1e45133 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SecuritySSLReloadCertsActionTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/SecuritySSLReloadCertsActionTests.java
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ public void testReloadHttpCertDifferentTrustChain_noSkipDnValidationFail() throw
         assertThat(
             DefaultObjectMapper.readTree(reloadCertsResponse.getBody()).get("error").get("root_cause").get(0).get("reason").asText(),
             is(
-                "OpenSearchSecurityException[Error while initializing http SSL layer from PEM: java.lang.Exception: "
-                    + "New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.]; nested: Exception[New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.];"
+                "java.security.cert.CertificateException: New certificates do not have valid Issuer DNs. "
+                    + "Current Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com] "
+                    + "new Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com]"
             )
         );
     }
@@ -266,8 +267,9 @@ public void testReloadHttpCertDifferentTrustChain_defaultSettingValidationFail()
         assertThat(
             DefaultObjectMapper.readTree(reloadCertsResponse.getBody()).get("error").get("root_cause").get(0).get("reason").asText(),
             is(
-                "OpenSearchSecurityException[Error while initializing http SSL layer from PEM: java.lang.Exception: "
-                    + "New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.]; nested: Exception[New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.];"
+                "java.security.cert.CertificateException: New certificates do not have valid Issuer DNs. "
+                    + "Current Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com] "
+                    + "new Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com]"
             )
         );
     }
@@ -314,8 +316,9 @@ public void testReloadTransportCertDifferentTrustChain_noSkipDnValidationFail()
         assertThat(
             DefaultObjectMapper.readTree(reloadCertsResponse.getBody()).get("error").get("root_cause").get(0).get("reason").asText(),
             is(
-                "OpenSearchSecurityException[Error while initializing transport SSL layer from PEM: java.lang.Exception: "
-                    + "New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.]; nested: Exception[New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.];"
+                "java.security.cert.CertificateException: New certificates do not have valid Issuer DNs. "
+                    + "Current Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com] "
+                    + "new Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com]"
             )
         );
     }
@@ -337,8 +340,9 @@ public void testReloadTransportCertDifferentTrustChain_defaultSettingValidationF
         assertThat(
             DefaultObjectMapper.readTree(reloadCertsResponse.getBody()).get("error").get("root_cause").get(0).get("reason").asText(),
             is(
-                "OpenSearchSecurityException[Error while initializing transport SSL layer from PEM: java.lang.Exception: "
-                    + "New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.]; nested: Exception[New Certs do not have valid Issuer DN, Subject DN or SAN.];"
+                "java.security.cert.CertificateException: New certificates do not have valid Issuer DNs. "
+                    + "Current Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com] "
+                    + "new Issuer DNs: [CN=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,OU=Example Com Inc. Secondary Signing CA,O=Example Com Inc.,DC=example,DC=com]"
             )
         );
     }