diff --git a/packages/ai/src/api/bedrock-converse-stream.ts b/packages/ai/src/api/bedrock-converse-stream.ts
index 9b5df97ead0..efa930e4274 100644
--- a/packages/ai/src/api/bedrock-converse-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/src/api/bedrock-converse-stream.ts
@@ -131,8 +131,14 @@ export const stream: StreamFunction<"bedrock-converse-stream", BedrockOptions> =
 
 		const blocks = output.content as Block[];
 
+		// A profile explicitly configured through pi's auth flow (the `profile`
+		// option or scoped `AWS_PROFILE` on the stored credential's env) must win
+		// over ambient AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID/AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY. The SDK default
+		// chain already prefers a configured profile over env keys, but only when
+		// `credentials` is not set on the client config. See #6957.
+		const optionsProfile = options.profile || options.env?.AWS_PROFILE;
 		const config: BedrockRuntimeClientConfig = {
-			profile: options.profile || getProviderEnvValue("AWS_PROFILE", options.env),
+			profile: optionsProfile || getProviderEnvValue("AWS_PROFILE", options.env),
 		};
 		const configuredRegion = getConfiguredBedrockRegion(options);
 		const hasAmbientConfiguredProfile = Boolean(getProviderEnvValue("AWS_PROFILE"));
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@ export const stream: StreamFunction<"bedrock-converse-stream", BedrockOptions> =
 			}
 
 			const credentials = getConfiguredBedrockCredentials(options.env);
-			if (!skipAuth && credentials) {
+			if (!skipAuth && credentials && !optionsProfile) {
 				config.credentials = credentials;
 			}
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-credentials.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-credentials.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcf7ceef852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-credentials.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const bedrockMock = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+	constructorCalls: [] as Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime", () => {
+	class BedrockRuntimeServiceException extends Error {}
+
+	class BedrockRuntimeClient {
+		constructor(config: Record<string, unknown>) {
+			bedrockMock.constructorCalls.push(config);
+		}
+
+		send(): Promise<never> {
+			return Promise.reject(new Error("mock send"));
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ConverseStreamCommand {
+		readonly input: unknown;
+
+		constructor(input: unknown) {
+			this.input = input;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return {
+		BedrockRuntimeClient,
+		BedrockRuntimeServiceException,
+		ConverseStreamCommand,
+		StopReason: {
+			END_TURN: "end_turn",
+			STOP_SEQUENCE: "stop_sequence",
+			MAX_TOKENS: "max_tokens",
+			MODEL_CONTEXT_WINDOW_EXCEEDED: "model_context_window_exceeded",
+			TOOL_USE: "tool_use",
+		},
+		CachePointType: { DEFAULT: "default" },
+		CacheTTL: { ONE_HOUR: "ONE_HOUR" },
+		ConversationRole: { ASSISTANT: "assistant", USER: "user" },
+		ImageFormat: { JPEG: "jpeg", PNG: "png", GIF: "gif", WEBP: "webp" },
+		ToolResultStatus: { ERROR: "error", SUCCESS: "success" },
+	};
+});
+
+import type { BedrockOptions } from "../src/api/bedrock-converse-stream.ts";
+import { stream as streamBedrock } from "../src/compat.ts";
+import { getBuiltinModel } from "../src/providers/all.ts";
+import type { Context, Model } from "../src/types.ts";
+
+const context: Context = {
+	messages: [{ role: "user", content: "hello", timestamp: Date.now() }],
+};
+
+async function captureClientConfig(
+	model: Model<"bedrock-converse-stream">,
+	options: BedrockOptions = {},
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+	bedrockMock.constructorCalls.length = 0;
+	await streamBedrock(model, context, { cacheRetention: "none", ...options }).result();
+	expect(bedrockMock.constructorCalls).toHaveLength(1);
+	return bedrockMock.constructorCalls[0];
+}
+
+describe("bedrock credential priority", () => {
+	afterEach(() => {
+		vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+	});
+
+	it("prefers explicit and scoped profiles over ambient AWS access keys", async () => {
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AKIAEXAMPLE");
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "secretexample");
+		const model = getBuiltinModel("amazon-bedrock", "us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8");
+
+		let config = await captureClientConfig(model, { profile: "explicit-profile" });
+
+		expect(config.profile).toBe("explicit-profile");
+		expect(config.credentials).toBeUndefined();
+
+		config = await captureClientConfig(model, { env: { AWS_PROFILE: "scoped-profile" } });
+
+		expect(config.profile).toBe("scoped-profile");
+		expect(config.credentials).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it("uses ambient AWS access keys when no profile is configured", async () => {
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AKIAEXAMPLE");
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "secretexample");
+		const model = getBuiltinModel("amazon-bedrock", "us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8");
+
+		const config = await captureClientConfig(model);
+
+		expect(config.profile).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(config.credentials).toEqual({
+			accessKeyId: "AKIAEXAMPLE",
+			secretAccessKey: "secretexample",
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("uses ambient AWS access keys when only an ambient profile is set", async () => {
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AKIAEXAMPLE");
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "secretexample");
+		vi.stubEnv("AWS_PROFILE", "ambient-profile");
+		const model = getBuiltinModel("amazon-bedrock", "us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8");
+
+		const config = await captureClientConfig(model);
+
+		expect(config.profile).toBe("ambient-profile");
+		expect(config.credentials).toEqual({
+			accessKeyId: "AKIAEXAMPLE",
+			secretAccessKey: "secretexample",
+		});
+	});
+});