diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 95a26f71fc6..78b03154637 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16103,6 +16103,7 @@ target_include_directories(grpclb_api_test
 target_link_libraries(grpclb_api_test
   ${_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES}
   gtest
+  absl::check
   grpc++_test_util
 )
 
diff --git a/build_autogenerated.yaml b/build_autogenerated.yaml
index 130752f1638..0449cc212bc 100644
--- a/build_autogenerated.yaml
+++ b/build_autogenerated.yaml
@@ -10802,6 +10802,7 @@ targets:
   - test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
   deps:
   - gtest
+  - absl/log:check
   - grpc++_test_util
 - name: grpclb_end2end_test
   gtest: true
diff --git a/test/cpp/grpclb/BUILD b/test/cpp/grpclb/BUILD
index cc557badea7..cf8c4b79c66 100644
--- a/test/cpp/grpclb/BUILD
+++ b/test/cpp/grpclb/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ grpc_cc_test(
     name = "grpclb_api_test",
     srcs = ["grpclb_api_test.cc"],
     external_deps = [
+        "absl/log:check",
         "gtest",
     ],
     deps = [
diff --git a/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc b/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
index 44401c290f0..9999d3957d6 100644
--- a/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include "absl/log/check.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/duration.upb.h"
 #include "upb/mem/arena.hpp"
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ class GrpclbTest : public ::testing::Test {
 
 std::string Ip4ToPackedString(const char* ip_str) {
   struct in_addr ip4;
-  GPR_ASSERT(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip_str, &ip4) == 1);
+  CHECK(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip_str, &ip4) == 1);
   return std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&ip4), sizeof(ip4));
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ std::string PackedStringToIp(const grpc_core::GrpcLbServer& server) {
   } else {
     abort();
   }
-  GPR_ASSERT(inet_ntop(af, (void*)server.ip_addr, ip_str, 46) != nullptr);
+  CHECK(inet_ntop(af, (void*)server.ip_addr, ip_str, 46) != nullptr);
   return ip_str;
 }