diff --git a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Utility.cs b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Utility.cs
index 4990981417..e064389741 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Utility.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens/Utility.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public static bool IsHttps(Uri uri)
         /// <returns>
         /// true if the bytes are equal, false otherwise.
         /// </returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining | MethodImplOptions.NoOptimization)]
         public static bool AreEqual(byte[] a, byte[] b)
         {
             ReadOnlySpan<byte> a1, a2;
@@ -151,13 +151,16 @@ public static bool AreEqual(byte[] a, byte[] b)
                 a2 = b.AsSpan();
             }
 
+#if NETCOREAPP
+            return System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicOperations.FixedTimeEquals(a1, a2);
+#else
             int result = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < a1.Length; i++)
             {
                 result |= a1[i] ^ a2[i];
             }
-
             return result == 0;
+#endif
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ public static bool AreEqual(byte[] a, byte[] b)
         /// <returns>
         /// true if the bytes are equal, false otherwise.
         /// </returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining | MethodImplOptions.NoOptimization)]
         internal static bool AreEqual(ReadOnlySpan<byte> a, ReadOnlySpan<byte> b, int length)
         {
             if ((a.Length < length || b.Length < length))
@@ -189,13 +192,16 @@ internal static bool AreEqual(ReadOnlySpan<byte> a, ReadOnlySpan<byte> b, int le
                 b = b.Slice(0, length);
             }
 
+#if NETCOREAPP
+            return System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicOperations.FixedTimeEquals(a, b);
+#else
             int result = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < a.Length; i++)
             {
                 result |= a[i] ^ b[i];
             }
-
             return result == 0;
+#endif
         }
 
         internal static byte[] ConvertToBigEndian(long i)