diff --git a/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/main/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfig.java b/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/main/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfig.java
index c45e656..d7437cd 100644
--- a/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/main/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfig.java
+++ b/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/main/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfig.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cds.feature.auditlog.ng;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.security.KeyFactory;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.PrivateKey;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
@@ -11,7 +9,6 @@
 import java.security.cert.Certificate;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
-import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -26,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509CertificateHolder;
 import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider;
 import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser;
+import org.bouncycastle.openssl.jcajce.JcaPEMKeyConverter;
 import org.bouncycastle.openssl.jcajce.JceOpenSSLPKCS8DecryptorProviderBuilder;
 import org.bouncycastle.operator.InputDecryptorProvider;
 import org.bouncycastle.pkcs.PKCS8EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo;
@@ -233,15 +231,13 @@ private static PrivateKey parsePrivateKey(String keyPem, char[] passphrase) thro
         try (PEMParser pemParser = new PEMParser(new StringReader(keyPem))) {
             Object object = pemParser.readObject();
             if (object instanceof PrivateKeyInfo keyInfo) {
-                PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(keyInfo.getEncoded());
-                return KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA").generatePrivate(keySpec);
+                return new JcaPEMKeyConverter().setProvider("BC").getPrivateKey(keyInfo);
             } else if (object instanceof PKCS8EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo encInfo) {
                 try {
                     InputDecryptorProvider decryptorProvider = new JceOpenSSLPKCS8DecryptorProviderBuilder().build(effectivePassphrase);
                     PrivateKeyInfo keyInfo = encInfo.decryptPrivateKeyInfo(decryptorProvider);
-                    PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(keyInfo.getEncoded());
-                    return KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA").generatePrivate(keySpec);
-                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    return new JcaPEMKeyConverter().setProvider("BC").getPrivateKey(keyInfo);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException("Failed to decrypt private key. Check that the passphrase is correct and the key is compatible. Original error: " + e.getMessage(), e);
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/test/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfigTest.java b/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/test/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c4d741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cds-feature-auditlog-ng/src/test/java/com/sap/cds/feature/auditlog/ng/CertificateHttpClientConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package com.sap.cds.feature.auditlog.ng;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.security.KeyPairGenerator;
+import java.security.PrivateKey;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
+
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509CertificateConverter;
+import org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509v3CertificateBuilder;
+import org.bouncycastle.openssl.jcajce.JcaPEMWriter;
+import org.bouncycastle.openssl.jcajce.JcaPKCS8Generator;
+import org.bouncycastle.operator.ContentSigner;
+import org.bouncycastle.operator.jcajce.JcaContentSignerBuilder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies that {@link CertificateHttpClientConfig} can build an HTTP client from
+ * certificate/key material regardless of the key algorithm. Historically the private
+ * key was parsed with a hardcoded RSA {@code KeyFactory}, which rejected EC keys as
+ * issued by non-BTP certificate providers (e.g. the Zero Trust Identity Service).
+ */
+class CertificateHttpClientConfigTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void buildsHttpClientFromEcCertificateAndKey() throws Exception {
+        KeyPairAndPem material = selfSigned("EC", "SHA256withECDSA");
+
+        CloseableHttpClient client = CertificateHttpClientConfig.builder()
+                .certPem(material.certPem)
+                .keyPem(material.keyPem)
+                .build()
+                .getHttpClient();
+
+        assertNotNull(client, "EC-keyed binding should produce an HTTP client");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void buildsHttpClientFromRsaCertificateAndKey() throws Exception {
+        KeyPairAndPem material = selfSigned("RSA", "SHA256withRSA");
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> CertificateHttpClientConfig.builder()
+                .certPem(material.certPem)
+                .keyPem(material.keyPem)
+                .build());
+    }
+
+    private record KeyPairAndPem(String certPem, String keyPem) {
+    }
+
+    private static KeyPairAndPem selfSigned(String keyAlgorithm, String signatureAlgorithm) throws Exception {
+        KeyPairGenerator kpg = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance(keyAlgorithm);
+        if ("EC".equals(keyAlgorithm)) {
+            kpg.initialize(256);
+        } else {
+            kpg.initialize(2048);
+        }
+        KeyPair keyPair = kpg.generateKeyPair();
+
+        X500Principal subject = new X500Principal("CN=test");
+        Instant now = Instant.now();
+        JcaX509v3CertificateBuilder certBuilder = new JcaX509v3CertificateBuilder(
+                subject,
+                BigInteger.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()),
+                Date.from(now.minus(1, ChronoUnit.HOURS)),
+                Date.from(now.plus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS)),
+                subject,
+                keyPair.getPublic());
+        ContentSigner signer = new JcaContentSignerBuilder(signatureAlgorithm).build(keyPair.getPrivate());
+        X509Certificate cert = new JcaX509CertificateConverter().getCertificate(certBuilder.build(signer));
+
+        return new KeyPairAndPem(toPem(cert), keyToPkcs8Pem(keyPair.getPrivate()));
+    }
+
+    private static String toPem(Object obj) throws Exception {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        try (JcaPEMWriter writer = new JcaPEMWriter(sw)) {
+            writer.writeObject(obj);
+        }
+        return sw.toString();
+    }
+
+    // Writes the key in PKCS#8 form ("BEGIN PRIVATE KEY"), matching what the ALS
+    // binding provides and what parsePrivateKey expects.
+    private static String keyToPkcs8Pem(PrivateKey key) throws Exception {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        try (JcaPEMWriter writer = new JcaPEMWriter(sw)) {
+            writer.writeObject(new JcaPKCS8Generator(key, null));
+        }
+        return sw.toString();
+    }
+}