diff --git a/src/CronUpdater.php b/src/CronUpdater.php
index 7f6400c6c5d2bafd2914006bd40d0e68b1c6dcac..cfd2a3d2e9c8f0810ade64d8647054e073272698 100644
--- a/src/CronUpdater.php
+++ b/src/CronUpdater.php
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ use Drupal\package_manager\Exception\StageValidationException;
  */
 class CronUpdater extends Updater {
 
+  /**
+   * Whether or not cron updates are hard-disabled.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   *
+   * @todo Remove this when TUF integration is stable.
+   */
+  private static $disabled = TRUE;
+
   /**
    * All automatic updates are disabled.
    *
@@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ class CronUpdater extends Updater {
    *   TRUE if cron updates are disabled, otherwise FALSE.
    */
   private function isDisabled(): bool {
-    return $this->configFactory->get('automatic_updates.settings')->get('cron') === static::DISABLED;
+    return self::$disabled ?: $this->configFactory->get('automatic_updates.settings')->get('cron') === static::DISABLED;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Kernel/AutomaticUpdatesKernelTestBase.php b/tests/src/Kernel/AutomaticUpdatesKernelTestBase.php
index de10b117ad5a1fe666ad9448541db62db22f72f6..5b45ad63d9804405c8c9701f47c9da10543e6708 100644
--- a/tests/src/Kernel/AutomaticUpdatesKernelTestBase.php
+++ b/tests/src/Kernel/AutomaticUpdatesKernelTestBase.php
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ abstract class AutomaticUpdatesKernelTestBase extends PackageManagerKernelTestBa
     // from a sane state.
     // @see \Drupal\automatic_updates\Validator\CronFrequencyValidator
     $this->container->get('state')->set('system.cron_last', time());
+
+    // @todo Remove this when TUF integration is stable.
+    if (class_exists(CronUpdater::class)) {
+      $reflector = new \ReflectionClass(CronUpdater::class);
+      $reflector = $reflector->getProperty('disabled');
+      $reflector->setAccessible(TRUE);
+      $reflector->setValue(NULL, FALSE);
+    }
   }
 
   /**