diff --git a/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php b/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
index 21aa1de0fe0..16a04e5600b 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ public function denormalize(mixed $data, string $type, ?string $format = null, a
             throw NotNormalizableValueException::createForUnexpectedDataType(\sprintf('The type of the "%s" resource must be "array" (nested document) or "string" (IRI), "%s" given.', $resourceClass, \gettype($data)), $data, ['array', 'string'], $context['deserialization_path'] ?? null);
         }
 
+        unset($context['relation_native_type']);
+
         $previousObject = $this->clone($objectToPopulate);
         $object = parent::denormalize($data, $type, $format, $context);
 
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationChild.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationChild.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee89574ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationChild.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiProperty;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Get;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
+
+#[Get(
+    shortName: 'EmbeddedRelationChild',
+    uriTemplate: '/embedded_relation_children/{id}',
+    provider: [self::class, 'provide'],
+)]
+class EmbeddedRelationChild
+{
+    #[ApiProperty(identifier: true)]
+    public int $id = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * @var EmbeddedRelationRow[]
+     */
+    public array $rows = [];
+
+    public static function provide(Operation $operation, array $uriVariables = [], array $context = []): self
+    {
+        $child = new self();
+        $child->id = (int) ($uriVariables['id'] ?? 1);
+
+        return $child;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationParent.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationParent.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffaebdc78f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationParent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiProperty;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Post;
+
+#[Post(
+    shortName: 'EmbeddedRelationParent',
+    uriTemplate: '/embedded_relation_parents',
+    processor: [self::class, 'process'],
+)]
+class EmbeddedRelationParent
+{
+    #[ApiProperty(identifier: true)]
+    public int $id = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * @var EmbeddedRelationChild[]
+     */
+    #[ApiProperty(writableLink: true, readableLink: true)]
+    public array $items = [];
+
+    public static function process(mixed $data): self
+    {
+        return $data;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationRow.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationRow.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d6f2599839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationRow.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType;
+
+final class EmbeddedRelationRow
+{
+    public ?EmbeddedRelationTarget $ref = null;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationTarget.php b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationTarget.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59f69ad116f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TestBundle/ApiResource/EmbeddedRelationNativeType/EmbeddedRelationTarget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiProperty;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Get;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
+
+#[Get(
+    shortName: 'EmbeddedRelationTarget',
+    uriTemplate: '/embedded_relation_targets/{id}',
+    provider: [self::class, 'provide'],
+)]
+class EmbeddedRelationTarget
+{
+    #[ApiProperty(identifier: true)]
+    public int $id = 1;
+
+    public static function provide(Operation $operation, array $uriVariables = [], array $context = []): self
+    {
+        $target = new self();
+        $target->id = (int) ($uriVariables['id'] ?? 1);
+
+        return $target;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Serializer/EmbeddedRelationNativeTypeTest.php b/tests/Functional/Serializer/EmbeddedRelationNativeTypeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..849bca7ed06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Functional/Serializer/EmbeddedRelationNativeTypeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Functional\Serializer;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Bundle\Test\ApiTestCase;
+use ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType\EmbeddedRelationChild;
+use ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType\EmbeddedRelationParent;
+use ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\TestBundle\ApiResource\EmbeddedRelationNativeType\EmbeddedRelationTarget;
+use ApiPlatform\Tests\SetupClassResourcesTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyInfoExtractor;
+
+/**
+ * The "relation_native_type" context key set for the embedded EmbeddedRelationChild collection must not
+ * leak into the nested plain DTO: the IRI type-confusion guard in getResourceFromIri() would otherwise
+ * compare the resolved EmbeddedRelationTarget against EmbeddedRelationChild and reject a valid IRI.
+ */
+final class EmbeddedRelationNativeTypeTest extends ApiTestCase
+{
+    use SetupClassResourcesTrait;
+
+    protected static ?bool $alwaysBootKernel = false;
+
+    /**
+     * @return class-string[]
+     */
+    public static function getResources(): array
+    {
+        // EmbeddedRelationRow is a plain DTO on purpose and is not registered as a resource.
+        return [EmbeddedRelationParent::class, EmbeddedRelationChild::class, EmbeddedRelationTarget::class];
+    }
+
+    public function testIriInsideEmbeddedDocumentIsNotValidatedAgainstTheOuterRelationType(): void
+    {
+        // relation_native_type is only set on the native-type path; the legacy property-info path never triggers the bug.
+        if (!method_exists(PropertyInfoExtractor::class, 'getType')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Requires symfony/property-info >= 7.1 (native types).');
+        }
+
+        $response = self::createClient()->request('POST', '/embedded_relation_parents', [
+            'headers' => ['Content-Type' => 'application/ld+json', 'Accept' => 'application/ld+json'],
+            'json' => ['items' => [['rows' => [['ref' => '/embedded_relation_targets/1']]]]],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertResponseStatusCodeSame(201);
+        // EmbeddedRelationRow is not a resource, so its $ref is rendered by the generic object normalizer as a
+        // nested document rather than collapsed to an IRI string; asserting on "@id" pins the resolved target.
+        $this->assertJsonContains(['items' => [['rows' => [['ref' => ['@id' => '/embedded_relation_targets/1']]]]]]);
+    }
+
+    public function testMismatchedIriInsideEmbeddedDocumentIsStillRejected(): void
+    {
+        if (!method_exists(PropertyInfoExtractor::class, 'getType')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Requires symfony/property-info >= 7.1 (native types).');
+        }
+
+        // An IRI of the wrong resource class in the same nested position must still hit the type guard.
+        self::createClient()->request('POST', '/embedded_relation_parents', [
+            'headers' => ['Content-Type' => 'application/ld+json', 'Accept' => 'application/ld+json'],
+            'json' => ['items' => [['rows' => [['ref' => '/embedded_relation_children/1']]]]],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertResponseStatusCodeSame(400);
+        $this->assertJsonContains(['detail' => 'Invalid IRI "/embedded_relation_children/1".']);
+    }
+}