diff --git a/v1/plugins/rest/auth.go b/v1/plugins/rest/auth.go
index b35c35d733..93a32fc224 100644
--- a/v1/plugins/rest/auth.go
+++ b/v1/plugins/rest/auth.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rest
 
 import (
-	"cmp"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v3/jws"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/providers/aws"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/uuid"
-	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/config"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/keys"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/logging"
 )
@@ -258,9 +256,7 @@ type oauth2ClientCredentialsAuthPlugin struct {
 	signingKey       *keys.Config
 	signingKeyParsed any
 	tokenCache       *oauth2Token
-	tlsSkipVerify    bool
-	minTLSVersion    uint16
-	cipherSuites     *[]uint16
+	tokenTLSConfig   *tls.Config
 	logger           logging.Logger
 }
 
@@ -502,10 +498,14 @@ func (ap *oauth2ClientCredentialsAuthPlugin) NewClient(c Config) (*http.Client,
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Inherit TLS settings from the "parent" config
-	ap.tlsSkipVerify = c.AllowInsecureTLS
-	ap.minTLSVersion = c.minTLSVersion
-	ap.cipherSuites = c.cipherSuites
+	// Inherit TLS config from the "parent" service config so that the token
+	// endpoint client uses the same CA certs, min TLS version, cipher suites,
+	// and insecure-skip-verify setting as the service itself.
+	ap.tokenTLSConfig = t.Clone()
+	// The token URL is always https (validated below). DefaultTLSConfig only
+	// sets InsecureSkipVerify when the *service* URL is https, but we need
+	// the setting to apply to the token endpoint regardless.
+	ap.tokenTLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = c.AllowInsecureTLS
 
 	ap.logger = c.logger
 
@@ -661,15 +661,7 @@ func (ap *oauth2ClientCredentialsAuthPlugin) requestToken(ctx context.Context) (
 		r.Header.Add(k, v)
 	}
 
-	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
-		MinVersion:         cmp.Or(ap.minTLSVersion, uint16(config.DefaultMinTLSVersion)),
-		InsecureSkipVerify: ap.tlsSkipVerify,
-	}
-	if ap.cipherSuites != nil {
-		tlsConfig.CipherSuites = *ap.cipherSuites
-	}
-
-	client := DefaultRoundTripperClient(tlsConfig, 10)
+	client := DefaultRoundTripperClient(ap.tokenTLSConfig.Clone(), 10)
 	response, err := client.Do(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/v1/plugins/rest/rest_test.go b/v1/plugins/rest/rest_test.go
index ea6aed47bc..3deeb1b069 100644
--- a/v1/plugins/rest/rest_test.go
+++ b/v1/plugins/rest/rest_test.go
@@ -1481,6 +1481,56 @@ func TestOauth2ClientCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOauth2ClientCredentialsTokenEndpointTLSCACert(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Service URL server (plain HTTP)
+	ts := testServer{t: t, expBearerToken: "token_1"}
+	ts.start()
+	defer ts.stop()
+
+	// OAuth2 token server (TLS with self-signed cert)
+	ots := oauth2TestServer{t: t}
+	ots.start()
+	defer ots.stop()
+
+	caCertPEM := pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{
+		Type:  "CERTIFICATE",
+		Bytes: ots.server.Certificate().Raw,
+	})
+	caFile := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "ca.pem")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(caFile, caCertPEM, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Configure without allow_insecure_tls — the CA cert alone should be
+	// sufficient for the token endpoint TLS handshake.
+	config := fmt.Sprintf(`{
+		"name": "foo",
+		"url": %q,
+		"tls": {
+			"ca_cert": %q
+		},
+		"credentials": {
+			"oauth2": {
+				"token_url": "%v/token",
+				"client_id": "client_one",
+				"client_secret": "super_secret"
+			}
+		}
+	}`, ts.server.URL, caFile, ots.server.URL)
+
+	client, err := New([]byte(config), map[string]*keys.Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = client.Do(t.Context(), "GET", "test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOauth2ClientCredentialsExpiringTokenIsRefreshed(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()