diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/_app.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/_app.py
index 88e3147b17..5a58596096 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/_app.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/_app.py
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ async def ping_search_engine():
         async for search_engine in get_search_engine():
             if not await search_engine.ping():
                 raise ConnectionError(
-                    f"Your {settings.humanized_search_engine} endpoint at {settings.obfuscated_elasticsearch()} is not available or not responding.\n"
-                    f"Please make sure your {settings.humanized_search_engine} instance is launched and correctly running and\n"
+                    f"Your {settings.search_engine} endpoint at {settings.obfuscated_elasticsearch()} is not available or not responding.\n"
+                    f"Please make sure your {settings.search_engine} instance is launched and correctly running and\n"
                     "you have the necessary access permissions. Once you have verified this, restart the argilla server.\n"
                 )
 
diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py
index 1d3604710d..32ba6c4778 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import re
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import List, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from argilla_server.constants import (
@@ -99,10 +99,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
 
     es_mapping_total_fields_limit: int = 2000
 
-    search_engine: Union[
-        Literal[SEARCH_ENGINE_ELASTICSEARCH],
-        Literal[SEARCH_ENGINE_OPENSEARCH],
-    ] = SEARCH_ENGINE_ELASTICSEARCH
+    search_engine: str = SEARCH_ENGINE_ELASTICSEARCH
 
     vectors_fields_limit: int = Field(
         default=5,
@@ -230,13 +227,6 @@ def search_engine_is_elasticsearch(self) -> bool:
     def search_engine_is_opensearch(self) -> bool:
         return self.search_engine == SEARCH_ENGINE_OPENSEARCH
 
-    @property
-    def humanized_search_engine(self) -> str:
-        if self.search_engine_is_elasticsearch:
-            return "Elasticsearch"
-        elif self.search_engine_is_opensearch:
-            return "OpenSearch"
-
     def obfuscated_elasticsearch(self) -> str:
         """Returns configured elasticsearch url obfuscating the provided password, if any"""
         parsed = urlparse(self.elasticsearch)