diff --git a/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/event/EnvironmentChangeListener.java b/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/event/EnvironmentChangeListener.java
index a12b1f7af3..0a3ac4aa64 100644
--- a/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/event/EnvironmentChangeListener.java
+++ b/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/event/EnvironmentChangeListener.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.cloud.bus.ServiceMatcher;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.environment.EnvironmentManager;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 
@@ -35,8 +36,15 @@ public class EnvironmentChangeListener implements ApplicationListener<Environmen
 	@Autowired
 	private EnvironmentManager env;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private ServiceMatcher serviceMatcher;
+
 	@Override
 	public void onApplicationEvent(EnvironmentChangeRemoteApplicationEvent event) {
+		if (!this.serviceMatcher.isForSelf(event)) {
+			log.info("Environment change not performed, the event was targeting " + event.getDestinationService());
+			return;
+		}
 		Map<String, String> values = event.getValues();
 		log.info("Received remote environment change request. Keys/values to update " + values);
 		for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : values.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/EnvironmentChangeListenerIntegrationTests.java b/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/EnvironmentChangeListenerIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46ccc10020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bus/spring-cloud-bus/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/EnvironmentChangeListenerIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.bus;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.resttestclient.TestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.boot.resttestclient.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureTestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.test.TestChannelBinderConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.test.context.bean.override.mockito.MockitoBean;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT,
+		classes = EnvironmentChangeListenerIntegrationTests.MyApp.class,
+		properties = { "management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*", "spring.application.name=foobar" })
+@AutoConfigureTestRestTemplate
+public class EnvironmentChangeListenerIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private TestRestTemplate rest;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private Environment environment;
+
+	@MockitoBean
+	private BusBridge busBridge;
+
+	@Test
+	public void environmentIsOnlyChangedWhenEventTargetsApp() {
+		assertThat(rest.postForEntity("/actuator/busenv/demoapp", body("bus.test.other", "changed"), String.class)
+			.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT);
+		assertThat(environment.getProperty("bus.test.other")).isNull();
+
+		assertThat(rest.postForEntity("/actuator/busenv/foobar", body("bus.test.self", "changed"), String.class)
+			.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT);
+		assertThat(environment.getProperty("bus.test.self")).isEqualTo("changed");
+
+		verify(busBridge, times(2)).send(any());
+	}
+
+	private static Map<String, String> body(String name, String value) {
+		Map<String, String> body = new HashMap<>();
+		body.put("name", name);
+		body.put("value", value);
+		return body;
+	}
+
+	// no component scan: it would pick up the bus configuration classes in this
+	// package as regular configuration and evaluate them before auto-configuration
+	@SpringBootConfiguration
+	@EnableAutoConfiguration
+	@Import(TestChannelBinderConfiguration.class)
+	static class MyApp {
+
+	}
+
+}