diff --git a/platform/src/components/aws/apigatewayv2.ts b/platform/src/components/aws/apigatewayv2.ts
index 848c5a5781..aaf5c81434 100644
--- a/platform/src/components/aws/apigatewayv2.ts
+++ b/platform/src/components/aws/apigatewayv2.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ export interface ApiGatewayV2Args {
    * Customize the CORS (Cross-origin resource sharing) settings for your HTTP API.
    * @default `true`
    * @example
-   * Disable CORS.
+   * Disable CORS. This omits CORS configuration entirely (`CorsConfiguration` is
+   * unset). An empty config object is not the same — AWS treats that as CORS
+   * enabled with no allowed origins or headers.
    * ```js
    * {
    *   cors: false
@@ -775,7 +777,8 @@ export class ApiGatewayV2 extends Component implements Link.Linkable {
 
     function normalizeCors() {
       return output(args.cors).apply((cors) => {
-        if (cors === false) return {};
+        // AWS treats `{}` as an empty CORS config; omit to fully disable.
+        if (cors === false) return undefined;
 
         const defaultCors: types.input.apigatewayv2.ApiCorsConfiguration = {
           allowHeaders: ["*"],
@@ -831,6 +834,7 @@ export class ApiGatewayV2 extends Component implements Link.Linkable {
           `${name}Api`,
           {
             protocolType: "HTTP",
+            // @ts-ignore Output includes undefined when cors is false
             corsConfiguration: cors,
           },
           { parent },
diff --git a/platform/test/components/apigatewayv2.test.ts b/platform/test/components/apigatewayv2.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95951098fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/test/components/apigatewayv2.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { describe, beforeAll, beforeEach, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+
+// Suppress Pulumi "Trace events are unavailable" errors in test environment
+process.on("unhandledRejection", (err: any) => {
+  if (err?.code === "ERR_TRACE_EVENTS_UNAVAILABLE") return;
+  throw err;
+});
+
+// @ts-ignore
+global.$app = {
+  name: "app",
+  stage: "test",
+};
+global.$util = pulumi;
+
+interface CreatedResource {
+  type: string;
+  name: string;
+  inputs: any;
+}
+
+let createdResources: CreatedResource[] = [];
+
+pulumi.runtime.setMocks(
+  {
+    newResource: function (args: pulumi.runtime.MockResourceArgs): {
+      id: string;
+      state: any;
+    } {
+      createdResources.push({
+        type: args.type,
+        name: args.name,
+        inputs: args.inputs,
+      });
+      return {
+        id: `${args.name}_id`,
+        state: {
+          ...args.inputs,
+          id: `${args.name}_id`,
+          arn: `arn:aws:apigateway:us-east-1::/apis/${args.name}`,
+          apiEndpoint: `https://${args.name}.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com`,
+          executionArn: `arn:aws:execute-api:us-east-1:123456789012:${args.name}`,
+        },
+      };
+    },
+    call: function (args: pulumi.runtime.MockCallArgs) {
+      return args.inputs;
+    },
+  },
+  "project",
+  "stack",
+  false,
+);
+
+const API_TYPE = "aws:apigatewayv2/api:Api";
+
+function findApis() {
+  return createdResources.filter((r) => r.type === API_TYPE);
+}
+
+async function settle() {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  }
+}
+
+describe("ApiGatewayV2 CORS", function () {
+  let ApiGatewayV2: typeof import("./../../src/components/aws/apigatewayv2").ApiGatewayV2;
+
+  beforeAll(async function () {
+    ApiGatewayV2 = (await import("./../../src/components/aws/apigatewayv2"))
+      .ApiGatewayV2;
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    createdResources = [];
+  });
+
+  it("enables wildcard CORS by default", async () => {
+    new ApiGatewayV2("DefaultCors");
+    await settle();
+
+    const apis = findApis();
+    expect(apis).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(apis[0].inputs.corsConfiguration).toEqual({
+      allowHeaders: ["*"],
+      allowMethods: ["*"],
+      allowOrigins: ["*"],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("omits corsConfiguration when cors is false", async () => {
+    new ApiGatewayV2("CorsDisabled", { cors: false });
+    await settle();
+
+    const apis = findApis();
+    expect(apis).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(apis[0].inputs.corsConfiguration).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("applies custom CORS settings", async () => {
+    new ApiGatewayV2("CustomCors", {
+      cors: {
+        allowMethods: ["GET", "POST"],
+        allowOrigins: ["https://example.com"],
+      },
+    });
+    await settle();
+
+    const apis = findApis();
+    expect(apis).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(apis[0].inputs.corsConfiguration).toEqual({
+      allowHeaders: ["*"],
+      allowMethods: ["GET", "POST"],
+      allowOrigins: ["https://example.com"],
+    });
+  });
+});