diff --git a/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source.go b/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source.go
index c4ef87103..470691091 100644
--- a/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source.go
+++ b/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (a *AltTokenSource) token() (*oauth2.Token, error) {
 
 // NewAltTokenSource constructs a new alternate token source for generating tokens.
 func NewAltTokenSource(tokenURL, tokenBody string) oauth2.TokenSource {
-	client := oauth2.NewClient(context.Background(), google.ComputeTokenSource(""))
+	client := newAltTokenHTTPClient(google.ComputeTokenSource(""))
 	a := &AltTokenSource{
 		oauthClient: client,
 		tokenURL:    tokenURL,
@@ -88,3 +88,11 @@ func NewAltTokenSource(tokenURL, tokenBody string) oauth2.TokenSource {
 	}
 	return oauth2.ReuseTokenSource(nil, a)
 }
+
+func newAltTokenHTTPClient(source oauth2.TokenSource) *http.Client {
+	client := oauth2.NewClient(context.Background(), source)
+	client.CheckRedirect = func(_ *http.Request, _ []*http.Request) error {
+		return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+	}
+	return client
+}
diff --git a/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source_test.go b/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68f5e478b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus-to-sd/config/gce_token_source_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Google Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
+)
+
+func TestAltTokenSourceFetchesToken(t *testing.T) {
+	tokenServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		expiry := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"accessToken":"alternate-token","expireTime":%q}`, expiry)
+	}))
+	defer tokenServer.Close()
+
+	source := &AltTokenSource{
+		oauthClient: newAltTokenHTTPClient(oauth2.StaticTokenSource(&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "source-token"})),
+		tokenURL:    tokenServer.URL,
+		tokenBody:   "{}",
+	}
+
+	token, err := source.token()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("source.token() returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if token.AccessToken != "alternate-token" {
+		t.Fatalf("source.token() returned access token %q, want %q", token.AccessToken, "alternate-token")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAltTokenSourceDoesNotFollowRedirects(t *testing.T) {
+	redirected := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	destination := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		redirected <- struct{}{}
+	}))
+	defer destination.Close()
+
+	tokenServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.Redirect(w, r, destination.URL, http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+	}))
+	defer tokenServer.Close()
+
+	source := &AltTokenSource{
+		oauthClient: newAltTokenHTTPClient(oauth2.StaticTokenSource(&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "source-token"})),
+		tokenURL:    tokenServer.URL,
+		tokenBody:   "{}",
+	}
+
+	if _, err := source.token(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("source.token() returned nil error for non-successful response")
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-redirected:
+		t.Fatal("unexpected redirected request")
+	default:
+	}
+}