diff --git a/test/core/security/BUILD b/test/core/security/BUILD
index c6dbc5fbed8..06ded9fdbd8 100644
--- a/test/core/security/BUILD
+++ b/test/core/security/BUILD
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ grpc_cc_binary(
         "//:grpc",
         "//test/core/util:grpc_test_util",
     ],
+    uses_polling = False,
 )
 
 grpc_cc_binary(
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ grpc_cc_binary(
         "//:grpc",
         "//test/core/util:grpc_test_util",
     ],
+    uses_polling = False,
 )
 
 grpc_cc_test(