diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/newrunspacecommand.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/newrunspacecommand.cs
index 8986def5a6..60ca0c35e5 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/newrunspacecommand.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/newrunspacecommand.cs
@@ -267,7 +267,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
 
                 case NewPSSessionCommand.UseWindowsPowerShellParameterSet:
                     {
-                        remoteRunspaces = CreateRunspacesForUseWindowsPowerShellParameterSet();
+                        if (UseWindowsPowerShell)
+                        {
+                            remoteRunspaces = CreateRunspacesForUseWindowsPowerShellParameterSet();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // When -UseWindowsPowerShell:$false is explicitly specified,
+                            // fall back to the default ComputerName parameter set behavior
+                            goto case NewPSSessionCommand.ComputerNameParameterSet;
+                        }
                     }
 
                     break;
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/PSSession.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/PSSession.Tests.ps1
index 689e587ddb..317ed4af73 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/PSSession.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/PSSession.Tests.ps1
@@ -91,3 +91,48 @@ Describe "SkipCACheck and SkipCNCheck PSSession options are required for New-PSS
         $er.Exception.ErrorCode | Should -Be $expectedErrorCode
     }
 }
+
+Describe "New-PSSession -UseWindowsPowerShell switch parameter" -Tag "CI" {
+
+    BeforeAll {
+        $originalDefaultParameterValues = $PSDefaultParameterValues.Clone()
+
+        if (-not $IsWindows) {
+            $PSDefaultParameterValues['it:skip'] = $true
+        }
+    }
+
+    AfterAll {
+        $global:PSDefaultParameterValues = $originalDefaultParameterValues
+    }
+
+    It "Should respect explicit -UseWindowsPowerShell:`$false parameter value" {
+        # Test 1: -UseWindowsPowerShell:$true should create a Windows PowerShell 5.1 session
+        $sessionWithTrue = $null
+        try {
+            { $script:sessionWithTrue = New-PSSession -UseWindowsPowerShell:$true } | Should -Not -Throw
+            $script:sessionWithTrue | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
+
+            # Verify it's Windows PowerShell 5.1
+            $version = Invoke-Command -Session $script:sessionWithTrue -ScriptBlock { $PSVersionTable.PSVersion }
+            $version.Major | Should -Be 5
+            $version.Minor | Should -Be 1
+        }
+        finally {
+            if ($script:sessionWithTrue) { Remove-PSSession $script:sessionWithTrue -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
+        }
+
+        # Test 2: -UseWindowsPowerShell:$false should use WSMan transport (not Process)
+        $sessionWithFalse = $null
+        try {
+            { $script:sessionWithFalse = New-PSSession -UseWindowsPowerShell:$false } | Should -Not -Throw
+            $script:sessionWithFalse | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
+
+            # Transport should be WSMan, not Process
+            $script:sessionWithFalse.Transport | Should -Be 'WSMan'
+        }
+        finally {
+            if ($script:sessionWithFalse) { Remove-PSSession $script:sessionWithFalse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
+        }
+    }
+}