diff --git a/src/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore/EFResourceBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore/EFResourceBuilderExtensions.cs
index d10914c65ca..63b2c2c8b01 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore/EFResourceBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore/EFResourceBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ private static IResourceBuilder<EFMigrationResource> AddEFMigrationsCore(
 
     internal static IEnumerable<PipelineStep> CreateMigrationPipelineStep(PipelineStepFactoryContext context)
     {
-        if (context.Resource is not EFMigrationResource migrationResource
+        if (context.PipelineContext.ExecutionContext.IsRunMode
+            || context.Resource is not EFMigrationResource migrationResource
             || (!migrationResource.PublishAsMigrationScript && !migrationResource.PublishAsMigrationBundle))
         {
             return [];
diff --git a/tests/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/EFMigrationPipelineTests.cs b/tests/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/EFMigrationPipelineTests.cs
index 4bc82174a73..539a99bbcd9 100644
--- a/tests/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/EFMigrationPipelineTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aspire.Hosting.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/EFMigrationPipelineTests.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ public async Task NoPublishOptionsProducesNoSteps()
         Assert.Empty(steps);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PublishBundleContainerProducesNoStepsInRunMode()
+    {
+        using var builder = TestDistributedApplicationBuilder.Create();
+        var db = builder.AddResource(new TestDatabaseResource("mydb"));
+        var project = builder.AddProject<Projects.ServiceA>("myproject");
+        var migrations = project.AddEFMigrations("mymigrations", typeof(TestDbContext).FullName!)
+            .WaitFor(db)
+            .RunDatabaseUpdateOnStart()
+            .PublishAsMigrationBundle(publishContainer: true);
+
+        var steps = await CreateStepsAsync(builder, migrations.Resource);
+
+        Assert.Empty(steps);
+        Assert.True(migrations.Resource.PublishAsMigrationBundle);
+        Assert.True(migrations.Resource.PublishBundleContainer);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void WaitForConnectionStringResourceAddsWaitAnnotation()
     {
@@ -510,7 +528,7 @@ private static async Task<List<PipelineStep>> CreateStepsAsync(
         using var serviceProvider = builder.Services.BuildServiceProvider();
         var pipelineContext = new PipelineContext(
             serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<DistributedApplicationModel>(),
-            new DistributedApplicationExecutionContext(DistributedApplicationOperation.Publish),
+            builder.ExecutionContext,
             serviceProvider,
             NullLogger.Instance,
             CancellationToken.None);
@@ -553,4 +571,4 @@ private sealed class TestChildDatabaseResource(string name, TestDatabaseResource
         public ReferenceExpression ConnectionStringExpression =>
             ReferenceExpression.Create($"{Parent};Database={Name}");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}