diff --git a/airflow/executors/base_executor.py b/airflow/executors/base_executor.py
index 02715a84ad93b..40563a11d4e21 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/base_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/base_executor.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class BaseExecutor(LoggingMixin):
     callback_sink: BaseCallbackSink | None = None
 
     is_local: bool = False
+    change_sensor_mode_to_reschedule: bool = False
 
     serve_logs: bool = False
 
diff --git a/airflow/executors/celery_kubernetes_executor.py b/airflow/executors/celery_kubernetes_executor.py
index af3d42a816718..b477d25eaad14 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/celery_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/celery_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class CeleryKubernetesExecutor(LoggingMixin):
     supports_ad_hoc_ti_run: bool = True
     supports_pickling: bool = True
     supports_sentry: bool = False
+    change_sensor_mode_to_reschedule: bool = False
 
     callback_sink: BaseCallbackSink | None = None
 
diff --git a/airflow/executors/debug_executor.py b/airflow/executors/debug_executor.py
index e0261f9815fea..18ba0f8798f64 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/debug_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/debug_executor.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class DebugExecutor(BaseExecutor):
     """
 
     _terminated = threading.Event()
+    change_sensor_mode_to_reschedule: bool = True
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
diff --git a/airflow/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py b/airflow/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py
index c935a13af7ef0..f723ab99986fe 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class LocalKubernetesExecutor(LoggingMixin):
     supports_ad_hoc_ti_run: bool = True
     supports_pickling: bool = False
     supports_sentry: bool = False
+    change_sensor_mode_to_reschedule: bool = False
 
     callback_sink: BaseCallbackSink | None = None
 
diff --git a/airflow/sensors/base.py b/airflow/sensors/base.py
index f20c7d7771dca..3ecc10a26bb68 100644
--- a/airflow/sensors/base.py
+++ b/airflow/sensors/base.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     AirflowSensorTimeout,
     AirflowSkipException,
 )
+from airflow.executors.executor_loader import ExecutorLoader
 from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator
 from airflow.models.skipmixin import SkipMixin
 from airflow.models.taskreschedule import TaskReschedule
@@ -257,11 +258,13 @@ def _get_next_poke_interval(
 
     def prepare_for_execution(self) -> BaseOperator:
         task = super().prepare_for_execution()
+
         # Sensors in `poke` mode can block execution of DAGs when running
         # with single process executor, thus we change the mode to`reschedule`
         # to allow parallel task being scheduled and executed
-        if conf.get("core", "executor") == "DebugExecutor":
-            self.log.warning("DebugExecutor changes sensor mode to 'reschedule'.")
+        executor, _ = ExecutorLoader.import_default_executor_cls()
+        if executor.change_sensor_mode_to_reschedule:
+            self.log.warning("%s changes sensor mode to 'reschedule'.", executor.__name__)
             task.mode = "reschedule"
         return task
 
diff --git a/tests/sensors/test_base.py b/tests/sensors/test_base.py
index 7417c183d8147..34135a51f27c8 100644
--- a/tests/sensors/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/sensors/test_base.py
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@
 import time_machine
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowRescheduleException, AirflowSensorTimeout
+from airflow.executors.celery_executor import CeleryExecutor
+from airflow.executors.celery_kubernetes_executor import CeleryKubernetesExecutor
+from airflow.executors.debug_executor import DebugExecutor
+from airflow.executors.executor_constants import (
+    CELERY_EXECUTOR,
+    CELERY_KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR,
+    DASK_EXECUTOR,
+    DEBUG_EXECUTOR,
+    KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR,
+    LOCAL_EXECUTOR,
+    LOCAL_KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR,
+    SEQUENTIAL_EXECUTOR,
+)
+from airflow.executors.kubernetes_executor import KubernetesExecutor
+from airflow.executors.local_executor import LocalExecutor
+from airflow.executors.local_kubernetes_executor import LocalKubernetesExecutor
+from airflow.executors.sequential_executor import SequentialExecutor
 from airflow.models import TaskReschedule
 from airflow.models.xcom import XCom
 from airflow.operators.empty import EmptyOperator
@@ -675,6 +692,50 @@ def test_sensor_with_xcom_fails(self, make_sensor):
         )
         assert actual_xcom_value is None
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "executor_cls_mode",
+        [
+            (CELERY_EXECUTOR, CeleryExecutor, "poke"),
+            (CELERY_KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR, CeleryKubernetesExecutor, "poke"),
+            (DEBUG_EXECUTOR, DebugExecutor, "reschedule"),
+            (KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR, KubernetesExecutor, "poke"),
+            (LOCAL_EXECUTOR, LocalExecutor, "poke"),
+            (LOCAL_KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR, LocalKubernetesExecutor, "poke"),
+            (SEQUENTIAL_EXECUTOR, SequentialExecutor, "poke"),
+            (DASK_EXECUTOR, DebugExecutor, "poke"),
+        ],
+        ids=[
+            CELERY_EXECUTOR,
+            CELERY_KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR,
+            DEBUG_EXECUTOR,
+            KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR,
+            LOCAL_EXECUTOR,
+            LOCAL_KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR,
+            SEQUENTIAL_EXECUTOR,
+            DASK_EXECUTOR,
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_prepare_for_execution(self, executor_cls_mode):
+        """
+        Should change mode of the task to reschedule if using DEBUG_EXECUTOR
+        """
+        executor_name, executor_cls, mode = executor_cls_mode
+        sensor = DummySensor(
+            task_id=SENSOR_OP,
+            return_value=None,
+            poke_interval=10,
+            timeout=60,
+            exponential_backoff=True,
+            max_wait=timedelta(seconds=30),
+        )
+        with patch("airflow.configuration.conf.get") as get, patch(
+            "airflow.executors.executor_loader.ExecutorLoader.load_executor"
+        ) as load_executor:
+            get.return_value = executor_name
+            load_executor.return_value = executor_cls
+            task = sensor.prepare_for_execution()
+            assert task.mode == mode
+
 
 @poke_mode_only
 class DummyPokeOnlySensor(BaseSensorOperator):