diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager.go b/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager.go
index 03bcb68a1df..97f38c81ec7 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func initMinioClient(initConnectionTimeout time.Duration) storage.ObjectStoreInt
 	minioServiceRegion := common.GetStringConfigWithDefault(
 		"ObjectStoreConfig.Region", os.Getenv(minioServiceRegion))
 	minioServiceSecure := common.GetBoolConfigWithDefault(
-		"ObjectStoreConfig.Secure", common.GetBoolFromStringWithDefault(os.Getenv(minioServiceSecure), false))
+		"ObjectStoreConfig.Secure", common.GetBoolFromStringWithDefault(os.Getenv(minioServiceSecure), true))
 	accessKey := common.GetStringConfigWithDefault("ObjectStoreConfig.AccessKey", "")
 	secretKey := common.GetStringConfigWithDefault("ObjectStoreConfig.SecretAccessKey", "")
 	bucketName := common.GetStringConfigWithDefault("ObjectStoreConfig.BucketName", os.Getenv(pipelineBucketName))
diff --git a/manifests/gcp_marketplace/chart/kubeflow-pipelines/templates/pipeline.yaml b/manifests/gcp_marketplace/chart/kubeflow-pipelines/templates/pipeline.yaml
index a4c0cf49842..41e31a31210 100644
--- a/manifests/gcp_marketplace/chart/kubeflow-pipelines/templates/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/manifests/gcp_marketplace/chart/kubeflow-pipelines/templates/pipeline.yaml
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ spec:
             {{ if .Values.managedstorage.enabled }}
             - name: OBJECTSTORECONFIG_BUCKETNAME
               value: '{{ tpl .Values.managedstorage.gcsBucketName . }}'
+            - name: OBJECTSTORECONFIG_SECURE
+              value: "false"
             - name: DBCONFIG_DBNAME
               {{ if .Values.managedstorage.databaseNamePrefix }}
               value: '{{ .Values.managedstorage.databaseNamePrefix }}_pipeline'
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/ml-pipeline-apiserver-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/ml-pipeline-apiserver-deployment.yaml
index ff92d56fc56..d01dbb842de 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/ml-pipeline-apiserver-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/base/pipeline/ml-pipeline-apiserver-deployment.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: OBJECTSTORECONFIG_SECURE
+          value: "false"
         image: gcr.io/ml-pipeline/api-server:0.1.27
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: ml-pipeline-api-server