diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 22f49c44ff4..ce2eecedad5 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -7326,6 +7326,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "channel_init",
         "channel_stack_type",
         "config",
+        "default_event_engine",
         "env",
         "error",
         "gpr",
diff --git a/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc b/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc
index a66c32edd9d..18069e2a64b 100644
--- a/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/client/secure_credentials.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "absl/strings/str_join.h"
 #include "absl/types/optional.h"
 
+#include <grpc/event_engine/event_engine.h>
 #include <grpc/grpc_security_constants.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/gpr_types.h>
 #include <grpc/slice.h>
@@ -42,10 +43,9 @@
 #include <grpcpp/support/slice.h>
 #include <grpcpp/support/status.h>
 
+#include "src/core/lib/event_engine/default_event_engine.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/env.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/closure.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/executor.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/json/json.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/security/util/json_util.h"
@@ -412,14 +412,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<CallCredentials> MetadataCredentialsFromPlugin(
       c_plugin, GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY, nullptr));
 }
 
-namespace {
-void DeleteWrapper(void* wrapper, grpc_error_handle /*ignored*/) {
-  MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper* w =
-      static_cast<MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper*>(wrapper);
-  delete w;
-}
-}  // namespace
-
 char* MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper::DebugString(void* wrapper) {
   GPR_ASSERT(wrapper);
   MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper* w =
@@ -429,10 +421,11 @@ char* MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper::DebugString(void* wrapper) {
 
 void MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper::Destroy(void* wrapper) {
   if (wrapper == nullptr) return;
-  grpc_core::ApplicationCallbackExecCtx callback_exec_ctx;
-  grpc_core::ExecCtx exec_ctx;
-  grpc_core::Executor::Run(GRPC_CLOSURE_CREATE(DeleteWrapper, wrapper, nullptr),
-                           absl::OkStatus());
+  grpc_event_engine::experimental::GetDefaultEventEngine()->Run([wrapper] {
+    grpc_core::ApplicationCallbackExecCtx callback_exec_ctx;
+    grpc_core::ExecCtx exec_ctx;
+    delete static_cast<MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper*>(wrapper);
+  });
 }
 
 int MetadataCredentialsPluginWrapper::GetMetadata(