diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/filter.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/filter.ts
index 3c7239ea7..976c1c82e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/filter.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/filter.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ function normalizeComponents(xs: Array<Component | Component[]>): Component[][]
   return xs.map(x => Array.isArray(x) ? x : [x]);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the DNF components for a notice.
+ * Uses componentsV2 when schemaVersion is '2', otherwise falls back to components.
+ */
+function dnfComponents(notice: Notice): Component[][] {
+  if (notice.schemaVersion === '2' && notice.componentsV2) {
+    return normalizeComponents(notice.componentsV2);
+  }
+  return normalizeComponents(notice.components);
+}
+
 function renderComponent(c: Component): string {
   if (c.name.startsWith('language:')) {
     return `${languageDisplayName(c.name.slice('language:'.length))} apps`;
@@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ export class NoticesFilter {
    */
   private findForNamedComponents(data: Notice[], actualComponents: ActualComponent[]): FilteredNotice[] {
     return data.flatMap(notice => {
-      const ors = this.resolveAliases(normalizeComponents(notice.components));
+      const ors = this.resolveAliases(dnfComponents(notice));
 
       // Find the first set of the disjunctions of which all components match against the actual components.
       // Return the actual components we found so that we can inject their dynamic values. A single filter
@@ -255,7 +266,7 @@ export class FilteredNotice {
   }
 
   public format(): string {
-    const componentsValue = normalizeComponents(this.notice.components).map(renderConjunction).join(', ');
+    const componentsValue = dnfComponents(this.notice).map(renderConjunction).join(', ');
     return this.resolveDynamicValues([
       `${this.notice.issueNumber}\t${this.notice.title}`,
       this.formatOverview(),
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/types.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/types.ts
index e406e84c5..86845a109 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/types.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/notices/types.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,20 @@ export interface Notice {
   issueNumber: number;
   overview: string;
   /**
-   * A set of affected components
+   * A flat list of affected components, evaluated as an OR.
    *
-   * The canonical form of a list of components is in Disjunctive Normal Form
-   * (i.e., an OR of ANDs). This is the form when the list of components is a
-   * doubly nested array: the notice matches if all components of at least one
-   * of the top-level array matches.
+   * The notice matches if any single component matches.
+   */
+  components: Array<Component>;
+  /**
+   * A list of affected components in Disjunctive Normal Form (OR of ANDs).
+   *
+   * The outer array is an OR, the inner arrays are ANDs. The notice matches
+   * if all components of at least one inner array match.
    *
-   * If the `components` is a single-level array, it is evaluated as an OR; it
-   * matches if any of the components matches.
+   * Only available when `schemaVersion` is `'2'`.
    */
-  components: Array<Component | Component[]>;
+  componentsV2?: Array<Component | Component[]>;
   schemaVersion: string;
   severity?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/notices.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/notices.test.ts
index 46f4373dd..5b9e7ccad 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/notices.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/notices.test.ts
@@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ describe(NoticesFilter, () => {
             title: 'combined',
             overview: 'combined issue',
             issueNumber: 1,
-            schemaVersion: '1',
-            components: [[
+            schemaVersion: '2',
+            components: [],
+            componentsV2: [[
               { name: 'language:typescript', version: '*' },
               { name: 'cli', version: '<=1.0.0' },
             ]],
@@ -591,8 +592,9 @@ describe(NoticesFilter, () => {
             title: 'match',
             overview: 'match',
             issueNumber: 1,
-            schemaVersion: '1',
-            components: components.map((ands) => ands.map(parseTestComponent)),
+            schemaVersion: '2',
+            components: [],
+            componentsV2: components.map((ands) => ands.map(parseTestComponent)),
           },
         ] satisfies Notice[],
         cliVersion,
@@ -603,6 +605,76 @@ describe(NoticesFilter, () => {
       // THEN
       expect((await filtered).map((f) => f.notice.title)).toEqual(shouldMatch ? ['match'] : []);
     });
+
+    test('schemaVersion 1 ignores componentsV2', async () => {
+      const outDir = path.join(fixtures, 'built-with-2_12_0');
+
+      const filtered = await noticesFilter.filter({
+        data: [
+          {
+            title: 'v1 notice',
+            overview: 'overview',
+            issueNumber: 1,
+            schemaVersion: '1',
+            components: [{ name: 'cli', version: '>=999.0.0' }],
+            componentsV2: [{ name: 'cli', version: '<=1.0.0' }],
+          },
+        ] satisfies Notice[],
+        cliVersion: '1.0.0',
+        outDir,
+        bootstrappedEnvironments: [],
+      });
+
+      // Should NOT match because schemaVersion 1 uses components (>=999.0.0), not componentsV2
+      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.notice.title)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    test('schemaVersion 2 falls back to components when componentsV2 is absent', async () => {
+      const outDir = path.join(fixtures, 'built-with-2_12_0');
+
+      const filtered = await noticesFilter.filter({
+        data: [
+          {
+            title: 'v2 fallback',
+            overview: 'overview',
+            issueNumber: 1,
+            schemaVersion: '2',
+            components: [{ name: 'cli', version: '<=1.0.0' }],
+          },
+        ] satisfies Notice[],
+        cliVersion: '1.0.0',
+        outDir,
+        bootstrappedEnvironments: [],
+      });
+
+      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.notice.title)).toEqual(['v2 fallback']);
+    });
+
+    test('schemaVersion 2 uses componentsV2 for DNF matching', async () => {
+      const outDir = path.join(fixtures, 'built-with-2_12_0');
+
+      const filtered = await noticesFilter.filter({
+        data: [
+          {
+            title: 'v2 dnf',
+            overview: 'overview',
+            issueNumber: 1,
+            schemaVersion: '2',
+            components: [{ name: 'cli', version: '>=999.0.0' }],
+            componentsV2: [[
+              { name: 'cli', version: '<=1.0.0' },
+              { name: 'node', version: '>=14.x' },
+            ]],
+          },
+        ] satisfies Notice[],
+        cliVersion: '1.0.0',
+        outDir,
+        bootstrappedEnvironments: [],
+      });
+
+      // Should match via componentsV2 (AND of cli + node), ignoring components
+      expect(filtered.map((f) => f.notice.title)).toEqual(['v2 dnf']);
+    });
   });
 });