diff --git a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/crypto/AuthEngine.java b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/crypto/AuthEngine.java
index aadf2b590b..078d9ceb31 100644
--- a/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/crypto/AuthEngine.java
+++ b/common/network-common/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/network/crypto/AuthEngine.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class AuthEngine implements Closeable {
         transcript,  // Passing this as the HKDF salt
         OUTPUT_IV_INFO,  // This is the HKDF info field used to differentiate IV values
         AES_GCM_KEY_SIZE_BYTES);
-    SecretKeySpec sessionKey = new SecretKeySpec(sharedSecret, "RAW");
+    SecretKeySpec sessionKey = new SecretKeySpec(sharedSecret, "AES");
     return new TransportCipher(
         cryptoConf,
         conf.cipherTransformation(),