diff --git a/eng/Signing.props b/eng/Signing.props
index 249203f1fee..78734d6e53d 100644
--- a/eng/Signing.props
+++ b/eng/Signing.props
@@ -69,12 +69,14 @@
 
     <!--
       npm packages are tarballs, but only the Aspire CLI npm tarballs should get
-      detached signatures. Scope both the .tgz rule and the nested JavaScript
-      launcher override to the npm package ItemsToSign collision id so the global
-      .tgz/.js defaults remain unchanged for unrelated artifacts.
+      detached signatures. Scope these rules to the npm package ItemsToSign
+      collision id so the global .tgz/.js/native-executable defaults remain
+      unchanged for unrelated artifacts.
     -->
     <FileExtensionSignInfo Include=".tgz" CertificateName="LinuxSign500180PGP" CollisionPriorityId="AspireCliNpmPackage" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="aspire.js" CertificateName="MicrosoftDotNet500" CollisionPriorityId="AspireCliNpmPackage" />
+    <FileSignInfo Include="aspire.exe" CertificateName="None" CollisionPriorityId="AspireCliNpmPackage" />
+    <FileSignInfo Include="aspire" CertificateName="None" CollisionPriorityId="AspireCliNpmPackage" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Infrastructure.Tests/Pipelines/NpmCliPackageTests.cs b/tests/Infrastructure.Tests/Pipelines/NpmCliPackageTests.cs
index 34ed923b48f..156f663f0f7 100644
--- a/tests/Infrastructure.Tests/Pipelines/NpmCliPackageTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Infrastructure.Tests/Pipelines/NpmCliPackageTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Infrastructure.Tests;
@@ -200,6 +201,23 @@ public async Task NpmInstallValidationJobsUseExplicitJobsSharedStepsTemplateAndC
         Assert.Contains("$(NPM_VALIDATION_SUMMARY_OSX_ARTIFACT)", releasePipeline);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NpmSigningScopeCoversNestedTarballPayloads()
+    {
+        var signingProps = XDocument.Parse(await ReadRepoFileAsync("eng/Signing.props"));
+
+        AssertScopedSigningRule(signingProps, "FileExtensionSignInfo", ".tgz", "LinuxSign500180PGP");
+        AssertScopedSigningRule(signingProps, "FileSignInfo", "aspire.js", "MicrosoftDotNet500");
+
+        // The native npm packages are built from already-signed native archives.
+        // The main Windows build should only produce the detached npm tarball
+        // signature; it must still provide scoped rules for nested native
+        // executables because Arcade resolves nested file certificates inside
+        // the ItemsToSign collision scope.
+        AssertScopedSigningRule(signingProps, "FileSignInfo", "aspire.exe", "None");
+        AssertScopedSigningRule(signingProps, "FileSignInfo", "aspire", "None");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task ReleasePipelinePreflightsScheduledNpmPackagesBeforePublishing()
     {
@@ -265,6 +283,21 @@ private static int CountOccurrences(string value, string substring)
         return count;
     }
 
+    private static void AssertScopedSigningRule(XDocument document, string elementName, string include, string certificateName)
+    {
+        var matchingRules = document
+            .Descendants(elementName)
+            .Where(element =>
+                (string?)element.Attribute("CollisionPriorityId") == "AspireCliNpmPackage" &&
+                ((string?)element.Attribute("Include") == include || (string?)element.Attribute("Update") == include) &&
+                (string?)element.Attribute("CertificateName") == certificateName)
+            .ToArray();
+
+        Assert.True(
+            matchingRules.Length == 1,
+            $"Expected exactly one {elementName} for '{include}' using '{certificateName}' in the AspireCliNpmPackage signing scope, but found {matchingRules.Length}.");
+    }
+
     private static string FindRepoRoot()
     {
         string? current = AppContext.BaseDirectory;