diff --git a/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope.go b/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope.go
index 51b5bafc7e32..4ad76c6193d4 100644
--- a/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope.go
+++ b/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope.go
@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/auth"
 	"cloud.google.com/go/auth/internal"
 )
 
-var identityBindingEndpoint = "https://sts.googleapis.com/v1/token"
+const (
+	universeDomainPlaceholder       = "UNIVERSE_DOMAIN"
+	identityBindingEndpointTemplate = "https://sts.UNIVERSE_DOMAIN/v1/token"
+)
 
 // Options for configuring [NewCredentials].
 type Options struct {
@@ -42,15 +46,27 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Client configures the underlying client used to make network requests
 	// when fetching tokens. Optional.
 	Client *http.Client
+	// UniverseDomain is the default service domain for a given Cloud universe.
+	// The default value is "googleapis.com". Optional.
+	UniverseDomain string
 }
 
-func (c Options) client() *http.Client {
-	if c.Client != nil {
-		return c.Client
+func (o *Options) client() *http.Client {
+	if o.Client != nil {
+		return o.Client
 	}
 	return internal.CloneDefaultClient()
 }
 
+// identityBindingEndpoint returns the identity binding endpoint with the
+// configured universe domain.
+func (o *Options) identityBindingEndpoint() string {
+	if o.UniverseDomain == "" {
+		return strings.Replace(identityBindingEndpointTemplate, universeDomainPlaceholder, internal.DefaultUniverseDomain, 1)
+	}
+	return strings.Replace(identityBindingEndpointTemplate, universeDomainPlaceholder, o.UniverseDomain, 1)
+}
+
 // An AccessBoundaryRule Sets the permissions (and optionally conditions) that
 // the new token has on given resource.
 type AccessBoundaryRule struct {
@@ -108,10 +124,14 @@ func NewCredentials(opts *Options) (*auth.Credentials, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	return auth.NewCredentials(&auth.CredentialsOptions{
-		TokenProvider:          &downscopedTokenProvider{Options: opts, Client: opts.client()},
+		TokenProvider: &downscopedTokenProvider{
+			Options:                 opts,
+			Client:                  opts.client(),
+			identityBindingEndpoint: opts.identityBindingEndpoint(),
+		},
 		ProjectIDProvider:      auth.CredentialsPropertyFunc(opts.Credentials.ProjectID),
 		QuotaProjectIDProvider: auth.CredentialsPropertyFunc(opts.Credentials.QuotaProjectID),
-		UniverseDomainProvider: auth.CredentialsPropertyFunc(opts.Credentials.UniverseDomain),
+		UniverseDomainProvider: internal.StaticCredentialsProperty(opts.UniverseDomain),
 	}), nil
 }
 
@@ -119,6 +139,9 @@ func NewCredentials(opts *Options) (*auth.Credentials, error) {
 type downscopedTokenProvider struct {
 	Options *Options
 	Client  *http.Client
+	// identityBindingEndpoint is the identity binding endpoint with the
+	// configured universe domain.
+	identityBindingEndpoint string
 }
 
 type downscopedOptions struct {
@@ -159,7 +182,7 @@ func (dts *downscopedTokenProvider) Token(ctx context.Context) (*auth.Token, err
 	form.Add("subject_token", tok.Value)
 	form.Add("options", string(b))
 
-	resp, err := dts.Client.PostForm(identityBindingEndpoint, form)
+	resp, err := dts.Client.PostForm(dts.identityBindingEndpoint, form)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope_test.go b/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope_test.go
index 0dbf442d3459..1fffc6920d70 100644
--- a/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope_test.go
+++ b/auth/credentials/downscope/downscope_test.go
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ func TestNewTokenProvider(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}))
 	defer ts.Close()
-	oldEndpoint := identityBindingEndpoint
-	identityBindingEndpoint = ts.URL
-	t.Cleanup(func() { identityBindingEndpoint = oldEndpoint })
 	creds, err := NewCredentials(&Options{
 		Credentials: staticCredentials("token_base"),
 		Rules: []AccessBoundaryRule{
@@ -76,6 +73,9 @@ func TestNewTokenProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("NewTokenProvider() = %v", err)
 	}
+	// Replace the default STS endpoint on the TokenProvider with the test server URL.
+	creds.TokenProvider.(*downscopedTokenProvider).identityBindingEndpoint = ts.URL
+
 	tok, err := creds.Token(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Token failed with error: %v", err)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestNewTokenProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestTestNewCredentials_Validations(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNewCredentials_Validations(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		opts *Options
@@ -136,3 +136,22 @@ func TestTestNewCredentials_Validations(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestOptions_UniverseDomain(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		universeDomain string
+		want           string
+	}{
+		{"", "https://sts.googleapis.com/v1/token"},
+		{"googleapis.com", "https://sts.googleapis.com/v1/token"},
+		{"example.com", "https://sts.example.com/v1/token"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		c := Options{
+			UniverseDomain: tt.universeDomain,
+		}
+		if got := c.identityBindingEndpoint(); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}