diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.h b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.h
index 510b79552a31be5fa9c82a4a3edc7ba50fc371cf..89b8e3c0b3834561b01ffd8701a0b824ce680917 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 #define GRPC_SECURE_TOKEN_REFRESH_THRESHOLD_SECS 60
 
-#define GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_HOST "metadata"
+#define GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_HOST "metadata.google.internal"
 #define GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_TOKEN_PATH \
   "/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token"