diff --git a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/AppConfig/AuthorityInfo.cs b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/AppConfig/AuthorityInfo.cs
index 66b6d69352..3777ef89ff 100644
--- a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/AppConfig/AuthorityInfo.cs
+++ b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/AppConfig/AuthorityInfo.cs
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ public static IAuthorityValidator CreateAuthorityValidator(AuthorityInfo authori
             /// <summary>
             /// Figures out the authority based on the authority from the config and the authority from the request,
             /// and optionally the homeAccountTenantId, which has an impact on AcquireTokenSilent
-            /// If the request authority is consumers, organizations, or common, it should just be set an the app level.
+            /// If the request authority is "common" or "organizations", it should be set at the app level.
             /// The algorithm is:
             ///
             /// 1. If there is no request authority (i.e. no authority override), use the config authority.
diff --git a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/CiamAuthority.cs b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/CiamAuthority.cs
index 30f902a6ba..70e08fe65e 100644
--- a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/CiamAuthority.cs
+++ b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/CiamAuthority.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Identity.Client.Internal;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Identity.Client.Instance
@@ -17,23 +12,6 @@ internal CiamAuthority(AuthorityInfo authorityInfo) :
             base(authorityInfo)
         { }
 
-        internal override string GetTenantedAuthority(string tenantId, bool forceSpecifiedTenant = false)
-        {
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tenantId) &&
-               (forceSpecifiedTenant || IsCommonOrOrganizationsTenant()))
-            {
-                var authorityUri = AuthorityInfo.CanonicalAuthority;
-
-                return string.Format(
-                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                    AADCanonicalAuthorityTemplate,
-                    authorityUri.Authority,
-                    tenantId);
-            }
-
-            return AuthorityInfo.CanonicalAuthority.AbsoluteUri;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Translates CIAM authorities into a usable form. This is needed only until ESTS is updated to support the north star format
         /// North star format: https://idgciamdemo.ciamlogin.com
diff --git a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/DstsAuthority.cs b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/DstsAuthority.cs
index e12b4c5c11..4c0db47ff9 100644
--- a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/DstsAuthority.cs
+++ b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/Instance/DstsAuthority.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ public DstsAuthority(AuthorityInfo authorityInfo)
             TenantId = AuthorityInfo.GetSecondPathSegment(AuthorityInfo.CanonicalAuthority);
         }
 
+        // DSTS authorities use their own URL template (dstsv2/{tenantId}/), not the AAD template.
+        // Rewrite the authority when either:
+        //  - the caller forces it via .WithTenantId() (forceSpecifiedTenant=true), or
+        //  - the configured authority is tenantless (e.g. ".../dstsv2/common/" or ".../dstsv2/organizations/"),
+        //    which is the silent-flow path used by Authority.CreateAuthorityWithTenant when deriving a
+        //    tenanted authority from a home account / id token.
         internal override string GetTenantedAuthority(string tenantId, bool forceSpecifiedTenant = false)
         {
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tenantId) &&
diff --git a/tests/Microsoft.Identity.Test.Unit/CoreTests/InstanceTests/DstsAuthorityTests.cs b/tests/Microsoft.Identity.Test.Unit/CoreTests/InstanceTests/DstsAuthorityTests.cs
index 265af7c244..31858953ef 100644
--- a/tests/Microsoft.Identity.Test.Unit/CoreTests/InstanceTests/DstsAuthorityTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Microsoft.Identity.Test.Unit/CoreTests/InstanceTests/DstsAuthorityTests.cs
@@ -214,5 +214,37 @@ public void TenantlessAuthorityChanges()
 
             Assert.AreEqual("common", authority.TenantId);
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CreateAuthorityFromTenantlessDsts_NonForced_RewritesToSpecifiedTenant()
+        {
+            // Regression test for the case where a DSTS authority is configured with a tenantless
+            // path segment ("common" or "organizations") and Authority.CreateAuthorityWithTenant
+            // is invoked with forceSpecifiedTenant:false (the silent-flow / legacy-cache path).
+            // The authority must be rewritten to use the supplied tenant id, otherwise downstream
+            // cache keys and token requests would use the literal "common" tenant.
+            Authority commonAuthority = Authority.CreateAuthority(TestConstants.DstsAuthorityCommon);
+            Assert.AreEqual("common", commonAuthority.TenantId);
+
+            string rewritten = commonAuthority.GetTenantedAuthority(TestConstants.TenantId, forceSpecifiedTenant: false);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(
+                $"https://some.url.dsts.core.azure-test.net/dstsv2/{TestConstants.TenantId}/",
+                rewritten,
+                "Tenantless DSTS authorities must be rewritten when GetTenantedAuthority is called with a real tenant id, even when forceSpecifiedTenant=false.");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CreateAuthorityFromOrganizationsDsts_NonForced_RewritesToSpecifiedTenant()
+        {
+            Authority orgsAuthority = Authority.CreateAuthority(TestConstants.DstsAuthorityOrganizations);
+            Assert.AreEqual("organizations", orgsAuthority.TenantId);
+
+            string rewritten = orgsAuthority.GetTenantedAuthority(TestConstants.TenantId, forceSpecifiedTenant: false);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(
+                $"https://some.url.dsts.core.azure-test.net/dstsv2/{TestConstants.TenantId}/",
+                rewritten);
+        }
     }
 }