diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c9d8d71a2c02..ad1ddeff5906 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         "league/flysystem-sftp-v3": "^3.0",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.6",
         "nyholm/psr7": "^1.2",
-        "orchestra/testbench-core": "^9.1.4",
+        "orchestra/testbench-core": "^9.1.5",
         "pda/pheanstalk": "^5.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.4.7",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5|^11.0",
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php
index 700651913caf..2c608430063f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
 class RegisterProviders
 {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ protected function mergeAdditionalProviders(Application $app)
         $app->make('config')->set(
             'app.providers',
             array_merge(
-                $app->make('config')->get('app.providers'),
+                $app->make('config')->get('app.providers') ?? ServiceProvider::defaultProviders()->toArray(),
                 static::$merge,
                 array_values($packageProviders ?? []),
             ),
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommand.php
index 54ebce46eb94..8e87f064e24d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommand.php
@@ -91,10 +91,14 @@ protected function getBaseConfigurationFiles()
     {
         $config = [];
 
+        $shouldMergeConfiguration = $this->laravel->shouldMergeFrameworkConfiguration();
+
         foreach (Finder::create()->files()->name('*.php')->in(__DIR__.'/../../../../config') as $file) {
             $name = basename($file->getRealPath(), '.php');
 
-            $config[$name] = file_exists($stubPath = (__DIR__.'/../../../../config-stubs/'.$name.'.php')) ? $stubPath : $file->getRealPath();
+            $config[$name] = ($shouldMergeConfiguration === true && file_exists($stubPath = (__DIR__.'/../../../../config-stubs/'.$name.'.php')))
+                ? $stubPath
+                : $file->getRealPath();
         }
 
         return collect($config)->sortKeys()->all();
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommandTest.php b/tests/Integration/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fd08ebc6d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Foundation/Console/ConfigPublishCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Foundation\Console;
+
+use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadConfiguration;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Orchestra\Testbench\Concerns\InteractsWithPublishedFiles;
+use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase;
+
+use function Orchestra\Testbench\package_path;
+
+class ConfigPublishCommandTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use InteractsWithPublishedFiles;
+
+    protected array $files = [
+        'config-stubs/*.php',
+    ];
+
+    #[\Override]
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $files = new Filesystem();
+
+        $this->afterApplicationCreated(function () use ($files) {
+            $files->ensureDirectoryExists($this->app->basePath('config-stubs'));
+        });
+
+        $this->beforeApplicationDestroyed(function () use ($files) {
+            $files->deleteDirectory($this->app->basePath('config-stubs'));
+        });
+
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    #[\Override]
+    protected function resolveApplicationConfiguration($app)
+    {
+        $app->instance(LoadConfiguration::class, new LoadConfiguration());
+
+        $app->useConfigPath($app->basePath('config-stubs'));
+
+        $app->dontMergeFrameworkConfiguration();
+
+        parent::resolveApplicationConfiguration($app);
+    }
+
+    public function testItCanPublishConfigFilesWhenConfiguredWithDontMergeFrameworkConfiguration()
+    {
+        $this->artisan('config:publish', ['--all' => true])->assertOk();
+
+        foreach ([
+            'app', 'auth', 'broadcasting', 'cache', 'cors',
+            'database', 'filesystems', 'hashing', 'logging',
+            'mail', 'queue', 'services', 'session', 'view',
+        ] as $file) {
+            $this->assertFilenameExists("config-stubs/{$file}.php");
+            $this->assertStringContainsString(
+                file_get_contents(package_path(['config', "{$file}.php"])), file_get_contents(config_path("{$file}.php"))
+            );
+        }
+
+        $this->assertSame(config('app.providers'), ServiceProvider::defaultProviders()->toArray());
+    }
+}