diff --git a/utils/constants.go b/utils/constants.go
index 6c596476d..75d7f1c1f 100644
--- a/utils/constants.go
+++ b/utils/constants.go
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ var (
 					Interval:     kong.Int(0),
 					Successes:    kong.Int(0),
 				},
-				HTTPPath: kong.String("/"),
-				Timeout:  kong.Int(1),
+				HTTPPath:               kong.String("/"),
+				HTTPSVerifyCertificate: kong.Bool(true),
+				Type:                   kong.String("http"),
+				Timeout:                kong.Int(1),
 				Unhealthy: &kong.Unhealthy{
 					HTTPFailures: kong.Int(0),
 					TCPFailures:  kong.Int(0),
diff --git a/utils/defaulter_test.go b/utils/defaulter_test.go
index ad1bce557..75e96101f 100644
--- a/utils/defaulter_test.go
+++ b/utils/defaulter_test.go
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ func TestUpstreamSetTest(t *testing.T) {
 							Interval:     kong.Int(0),
 							Successes:    kong.Int(0),
 						},
-						HTTPPath: kong.String("/"),
-						Timeout:  kong.Int(1),
+						HTTPPath:               kong.String("/"),
+						HTTPSVerifyCertificate: kong.Bool(true),
+						Type:                   kong.String("http"),
+						Timeout:                kong.Int(1),
 						Unhealthy: &kong.Unhealthy{
 							HTTPFailures: kong.Int(0),
 							TCPFailures:  kong.Int(0),
@@ -277,8 +279,10 @@ func TestUpstreamSetTest(t *testing.T) {
 							Interval:     kong.Int(1),
 							Successes:    kong.Int(0),
 						},
-						HTTPPath: kong.String("/"),
-						Timeout:  kong.Int(1),
+						HTTPPath:               kong.String("/"),
+						HTTPSVerifyCertificate: kong.Bool(true),
+						Type:                   kong.String("http"),
+						Timeout:                kong.Int(1),
 						Unhealthy: &kong.Unhealthy{
 							HTTPFailures: kong.Int(0),
 							TCPFailures:  kong.Int(0),