diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java
index 461fe14fa..a65c41808 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Bindable;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.PropertySourcesPlaceholdersResolver;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.ConfigurationPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.LogFile;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingInitializationContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingSystem;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
 import org.springframework.core.env.AbstractEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.CompositePropertySource;
@@ -54,13 +57,13 @@
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.encrypt.AbstractEnvironmentDecrypt.DECRYPTED_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME;
 import static org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment.SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  *
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
@@ -294,6 +297,7 @@ private List<String> addActiveProfilesTo(List<String> profiles, PropertySource<?
 		return addProfilesTo(profiles, propertySource, AbstractEnvironment.ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY_NAME, environment);
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private <T extends Collection<String>> T addProfilesTo(T profiles, PropertySource<?> propertySource,
 			String property, ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
 		if (propertySource instanceof CompositePropertySource) {
@@ -303,27 +307,19 @@ private <T extends Collection<String>> T addProfilesTo(T profiles, PropertySourc
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			Collections.addAll(profiles, getProfilesForValue(propertySource.getProperty(property), environment));
+			// bootstrapProperties is loaded as package-private
+			// ConfigurationPropertySourcesPropertySource
+			ResolvableType requiredType = ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(PropertySource.class,
+					ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(Iterable.class, ConfigurationPropertySource.class));
+			if (requiredType.isInstance(propertySource)) {
+				Binder binder = new Binder((Iterable<ConfigurationPropertySource>) propertySource.getSource(),
+						new PropertySourcesPlaceholdersResolver(environment));
+				binder.bind(property, Bindable.listOf(String.class)).ifBound(profiles::addAll);
+			}
 		}
 		return profiles;
 	}
 
-	private String[] getProfilesForValue(Object property, ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
-		final String value = (property == null ? null : property.toString());
-		return property == null ? new String[0] : resolvePlaceholdersInProfiles(value, environment);
-	}
-
-	private String[] resolvePlaceholdersInProfiles(String profiles, ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
-		return Arrays.stream(StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(profiles, ",")).map(s -> {
-			if (s.startsWith("${") && s.endsWith("}")) {
-				return environment.resolvePlaceholders(s);
-			}
-			else {
-				return s;
-			}
-		}).toArray(String[]::new);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * The ConextRefreshedEvent gets called at the end of the boostrap phase after config
 	 * data is loaded during bootstrap. This will run and do an "initial fetch" of
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
index a9ac91328..413aecbee 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  *
  */
 public class BootstrapConfigurationTests {
@@ -597,6 +598,19 @@ public void includeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySourceWithAppContext() {
 
 	private void includeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(String... properties) {
 		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.include", "bar,baz");
+		assertIncludeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(properties);
+
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.clear();
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.include[0]", "bar");
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.include[1]", "baz");
+		assertIncludeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(properties);
+
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.clear();
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.include", "${ENVIRONMENT_PROFILE_NAME:bar,baz}");
+		assertIncludeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(properties);
+	}
+
+	private void assertIncludeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(String... properties) {
 		this.context = new SpringApplicationBuilder().web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
 			.properties(properties)
 			.profiles("foo")
@@ -622,13 +636,25 @@ public void activeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySourceWithAppContext() {
 
 	private void activeProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(String... properties) {
 		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.active", "bar,baz");
+		assertActiveProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(properties);
+
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.clear();
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.active[0]", "bar");
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.active[1]", "baz");
+		assertActiveProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(properties);
+
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.clear();
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("spring.profiles.active", "${ENVIRONMENT_PROFILE_NAME:bar,baz}");
+		assertActiveProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(properties);
+	}
+
+	private void assertActiveProfileFromBootstrapPropertySource(String... properties) {
 		this.context = new SpringApplicationBuilder().web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
 			.properties(properties)
 			.profiles("foo")
 			.sources(BareConfiguration.class)
 			.run();
 		then(this.context.getEnvironment().acceptsProfiles("baz", "bar", "foo")).isTrue();
-
 	}
 
 	@Test