diff --git a/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md
index 98f29d2e33af..e960660d69a8 100644
--- a/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/azidentity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   authentication in a Docker Desktop container
 
 ### Other Changes
+* `AzureCLICredential` uses the CLI's `expires_on` value for token expiration
 
 ## 1.6.0-beta.1 (2024-01-17)
 
diff --git a/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential.go b/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential.go
index 498c3586bc8f..b9976f5fedee 100644
--- a/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential.go
+++ b/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential.go
@@ -163,26 +163,21 @@ var defaultAzTokenProvider azTokenProvider = func(ctx context.Context, scopes []
 
 func (c *AzureCLICredential) createAccessToken(tk []byte) (azcore.AccessToken, error) {
 	t := struct {
-		AccessToken      string `json:"accessToken"`
-		Authority        string `json:"_authority"`
-		ClientID         string `json:"_clientId"`
-		ExpiresOn        string `json:"expiresOn"`
-		IdentityProvider string `json:"identityProvider"`
-		IsMRRT           bool   `json:"isMRRT"`
-		RefreshToken     string `json:"refreshToken"`
-		Resource         string `json:"resource"`
-		TokenType        string `json:"tokenType"`
-		UserID           string `json:"userId"`
+		AccessToken string `json:"accessToken"`
+		Expires_On  int64  `json:"expires_on"`
+		ExpiresOn   string `json:"expiresOn"`
 	}{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal(tk, &t)
 	if err != nil {
 		return azcore.AccessToken{}, err
 	}
 
-	// the Azure CLI's "expiresOn" is local time
-	exp, err := time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999", t.ExpiresOn, time.Local)
-	if err != nil {
-		return azcore.AccessToken{}, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing token expiration time %q: %v", t.ExpiresOn, err)
+	exp := time.Unix(t.Expires_On, 0)
+	if t.Expires_On == 0 {
+		exp, err = time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999", t.ExpiresOn, time.Local)
+		if err != nil {
+			return azcore.AccessToken{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: error parsing token expiration time %q: %v", credNameAzureCLI, t.ExpiresOn, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	converted := azcore.AccessToken{
diff --git a/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential_test.go b/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential_test.go
index feae928575ad..82f09735246c 100644
--- a/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential_test.go
+++ b/sdk/azidentity/azure_cli_credential_test.go
@@ -12,23 +12,37 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var (
-	mockAzTokenProviderSuccess = func(ctx context.Context, scopes []string, tenant, subscription string) ([]byte, error) {
-		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
-  "accessToken": "mocktoken",
-  "expiresOn": "2001-02-03 04:05:06.000007",
-  "subscription": %q,
+// azTokenOutput returns JSON output similar to az account get-access-token.
+// All versions of az return expiresOn, a local timestamp. v2.54.0+
+// additionally return expires_on, a Unix timestamp. If the expires_on
+// argument to this function is 0, the returned JSON omits expires_on.
+func azTokenOutput(expiresOn string, expires_on int64) []byte {
+	e_o := ""
+	if expires_on != 0 {
+		e_o = fmt.Sprintf(`
+		"expires_on": %d,
+`, expires_on)
+	}
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
+  "accessToken": %q,
+  "expiresOn": %q,%s
+  "subscription": "fake-subscription",
   "tenant": %q,
   "tokenType": "Bearer"
+}`, tokenValue, expiresOn, e_o, fakeTenantID))
+}
+
+func mockAzTokenProviderFailure(context.Context, []string, string, string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, newAuthenticationFailedError(credNameAzureCLI, "mock provider error", nil, nil)
+}
+
+func mockAzTokenProviderSuccess(ctx context.Context, scopes []string, tenant, subscription string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return azTokenOutput("2001-02-03 04:05:06.000007", 0), nil
 }
-`, subscription, tenant)), nil
-	}
-	mockAzTokenProviderFailure = func(context.Context, []string, string, string) ([]byte, error) {
-		return nil, newAuthenticationFailedError(credNameAzureCLI, "mock provider error", nil, nil)
-	}
-)
 
 func TestAzureCLICredential_DefaultChainError(t *testing.T) {
 	cred, err := NewAzureCLICredential(&AzureCLICredentialOptions{
@@ -72,22 +86,34 @@ func TestAzureCLICredential_Error(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAzureCLICredential_GetTokenSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	options := AzureCLICredentialOptions{}
-	options.tokenProvider = mockAzTokenProviderSuccess
-	cred, err := NewAzureCLICredential(&options)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	at, err := cred.GetToken(context.Background(), testTRO)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if at.Token != "mocktoken" {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected access token %q", at.Token)
-	}
-	expected := time.Date(2001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7000, time.Local).UTC()
-	if actual := at.ExpiresOn; !actual.Equal(expected) || actual.Location() != time.UTC {
-		t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", expected, actual)
+	expectedExpiresOn := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
+	for _, withExpires_on := range []bool{false, true} {
+		name := "without expires_on"
+		if withExpires_on {
+			name = "with expires_on"
+		}
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ExpiresOn := expectedExpiresOn.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999999")
+			expires_on := int64(0)
+			if withExpires_on {
+				// set the wrong time for ExpiresOn so this test fails if the credential uses it
+				ExpiresOn = "2001-01-01 01:01:01.000000"
+				expires_on = expectedExpiresOn.Unix()
+			}
+			cred, err := NewAzureCLICredential(&AzureCLICredentialOptions{
+				tokenProvider: func(context.Context, []string, string, string) ([]byte, error) {
+					output := azTokenOutput(ExpiresOn, expires_on)
+					return output, nil
+				},
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			actual, err := cred.GetToken(context.Background(), testTRO)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.True(t, actual.ExpiresOn.Equal(expectedExpiresOn))
+			require.Equal(t, time.UTC, actual.ExpiresOn.Location())
+			require.Equal(t, tokenValue, actual.Token)
+		})
 	}
 }