diff --git a/src/services/Elastic.Changelog/Bundling/ChangelogBundlingService.cs b/src/services/Elastic.Changelog/Bundling/ChangelogBundlingService.cs
index 3a89a13ab..c72ca461c 100644
--- a/src/services/Elastic.Changelog/Bundling/ChangelogBundlingService.cs
+++ b/src/services/Elastic.Changelog/Bundling/ChangelogBundlingService.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ public record BundleChangelogsArguments
 	public bool All { get; init; }
 	public IReadOnlyList<ProductArgument>? InputProducts { get; init; }
 	public IReadOnlyList<ProductArgument>? OutputProducts { get; init; }
-	public bool Resolve { get; init; }
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Whether to resolve (copy contents of each changelog file into the entries array).
+	/// null = use config default; true = --resolve; false = --no-resolve.
+	/// </summary>
+	public bool? Resolve { get; init; }
 	public string[]? Prs { get; init; }
 	public string[]? Issues { get; init; }
 	public string? Owner { get; init; }
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ public async Task<bool> BundleChangelogs(IDiagnosticsCollector collector, Bundle
 				collector,
 				matchResult.Entries,
 				input.OutputProducts,
-				input.Resolve,
+				input.Resolve ?? false,
 				input.Repo,
 				featureHidingResult.FeatureIdsToHide
 			);
@@ -336,8 +340,8 @@ private static BundleChangelogsArguments ApplyConfigDefaults(BundleChangelogsArg
 		if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(output) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.Bundle.OutputDirectory))
 			output = Path.Combine(config.Bundle.OutputDirectory, "changelog-bundle.yaml");
 
-		// Apply resolve default if not specified by CLI
-		var resolve = input.Resolve || config.Bundle.Resolve;
+		// Apply resolve: CLI takes precedence over config. Only use config when CLI did not specify.
+		var resolve = input.Resolve ?? config.Bundle.Resolve;
 
 		return input with
 		{
diff --git a/src/tooling/docs-builder/Commands/ChangelogCommand.cs b/src/tooling/docs-builder/Commands/ChangelogCommand.cs
index 0ab1934c3..7329b9651 100644
--- a/src/tooling/docs-builder/Commands/ChangelogCommand.cs
+++ b/src/tooling/docs-builder/Commands/ChangelogCommand.cs
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ public async Task<int> Bundle(
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Determine resolve: CLI --no-resolve takes precedence, then CLI --resolve, then config default
+		// Determine resolve: CLI --no-resolve and --resolve override config. null = use config default.
 		var shouldResolve = noResolve ? false : resolve;
 
 		// Process each --hide-features occurrence: each can be comma-separated feature IDs or a file path
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ public async Task<int> Bundle(
 			All = all,
 			InputProducts = inputProducts,
 			OutputProducts = outputProducts,
-			Resolve = shouldResolve ?? false,
+			Resolve = shouldResolve,
 			Prs = allPrs.Count > 0 ? allPrs.ToArray() : null,
 			Issues = allIssues.Count > 0 ? allIssues.ToArray() : null,
 			Owner = owner,
diff --git a/tests/Elastic.Changelog.Tests/Changelogs/BundleChangelogsTests.cs b/tests/Elastic.Changelog.Tests/Changelogs/BundleChangelogsTests.cs
index bad804736..701091d6f 100644
--- a/tests/Elastic.Changelog.Tests/Changelogs/BundleChangelogsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Elastic.Changelog.Tests/Changelogs/BundleChangelogsTests.cs
@@ -1435,6 +1435,62 @@ public async Task BundleChangelogs_WithResolve_CopiesChangelogContents()
 		bundleContent.Should().Contain("description: This is a test feature");
 	}
 
+	[Fact]
+	public async Task BundleChangelogs_WithExplicitResolveFalse_OverridesConfigResolveTrue()
+	{
+		// Arrange - config has resolve: true, but CLI passes Resolve = false (--no-resolve).
+		// The explicit CLI value must win.
+
+		// language=yaml
+		var configContent =
+			"""
+			bundle:
+			  resolve: true
+			""";
+
+		var configPath = FileSystem.Path.Combine(FileSystem.Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "changelog.yml");
+		FileSystem.Directory.CreateDirectory(FileSystem.Path.GetDirectoryName(configPath)!);
+		await FileSystem.File.WriteAllTextAsync(configPath, configContent, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+		// language=yaml
+		var changelog1 =
+			"""
+			title: Test feature
+			type: feature
+			products:
+			  - product: elasticsearch
+			    target: 9.2.0
+			prs:
+			  - https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/100
+			""";
+
+		var file1 = FileSystem.Path.Combine(_changelogDir, "1755268130-test-feature.yaml");
+		await FileSystem.File.WriteAllTextAsync(file1, changelog1, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+		var input = new BundleChangelogsArguments
+		{
+			Directory = _changelogDir,
+			All = true,
+			Resolve = false,
+			Config = configPath,
+			Output = FileSystem.Path.Combine(FileSystem.Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "bundle.yaml")
+		};
+
+		// Act
+		var result = await ServiceWithConfig.BundleChangelogs(Collector, input, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+		// Assert
+		result.Should().BeTrue();
+		Collector.Errors.Should().Be(0);
+
+		var bundleContent = await FileSystem.File.ReadAllTextAsync(input.Output, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+		// An unresolved bundle has only a file reference — no inline title/type fields
+		bundleContent.Should().Contain("name: 1755268130-test-feature.yaml");
+		bundleContent.Should().NotContain("title: Test feature");
+		bundleContent.Should().NotContain("type: feature");
+	}
+
 	[Fact]
 	public async Task BundleChangelogs_WithResolve_PreservesSpecialCharactersInUtf8()
 	{