diff --git a/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/__tests__/resolve-bundle-version.test.ts b/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/__tests__/resolve-bundle-version.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ef5fc65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/__tests__/resolve-bundle-version.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type { DeployedState } from '../../../../../schema';
+import { resolveBundleVersionId } from '../build-config';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const BUNDLE_ARN = 'arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:123456789012:configuration-bundle/Proj-PromptV1-abc123';
+const VERSION_ID = 'a7be96aa-8a83-47b8-8d98-0829b14c1d9b';
+
+const deployedState = {
+  targets: {
+    default: {
+      resources: {
+        configBundles: {
+          PromptV1: { bundleArn: BUNDLE_ARN, versionId: VERSION_ID },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+} as unknown as DeployedState;
+
+describe('resolveBundleVersionId', () => {
+  it("expands 'LATEST' to the deployed versionId", () => {
+    expect(resolveBundleVersionId(BUNDLE_ARN, 'LATEST', deployedState)).toBe(VERSION_ID);
+  });
+
+  it('returns an explicit version verbatim (never touches deployed state)', () => {
+    const explicit = '11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555';
+    expect(resolveBundleVersionId(BUNDLE_ARN, explicit, deployedState)).toBe(explicit);
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined when 'LATEST' cannot be resolved (bundle not deployed)", () => {
+    const unknownArn = 'arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:123456789012:configuration-bundle/Proj-Unknown-zzz999';
+    expect(resolveBundleVersionId(unknownArn, 'LATEST', deployedState)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined for LATEST when there are no deployed targets', () => {
+    expect(resolveBundleVersionId(BUNDLE_ARN, 'LATEST', { targets: {} } as unknown as DeployedState)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/build-config.ts b/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/build-config.ts
index 21dd00e71..7a12a72fd 100644
--- a/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/build-config.ts
+++ b/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/build-config.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,29 @@ export function resolveComponentKeyForJsonPath(key: string, deployedState: Deplo
   return key;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve a config-bundle version reference to a concrete version UUID.
+ *
+ * The recommendation API only accepts a concrete versionId — passing the literal 'LATEST' through
+ * yields a 400 (versionId fails the UUID pattern). When 'LATEST' is given, look the bundle up in
+ * deployed state (by ARN) and return its deployed versionId. An explicit version is returned
+ * verbatim. Returns undefined when 'LATEST' cannot be resolved (bundle not deployed) so the caller
+ * can surface a friendly error instead of sending 'LATEST' to the API. Mirrors the ab-test path's
+ * resolveConfigBundleVersion.
+ */
+export function resolveBundleVersionId(
+  bundleArn: string,
+  versionRef: string,
+  deployedState: DeployedState
+): string | undefined {
+  if (versionRef !== 'LATEST') return versionRef;
+  for (const target of Object.values(deployedState.targets ?? {})) {
+    const bundle = Object.values(target.resources?.configBundles ?? {}).find(b => b.bundleArn === bundleArn);
+    if (bundle?.versionId) return bundle.versionId;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 /** Flatten statusReasons + result errorCode/errorMessage into a single display string (FAILED only). */
 export function extractFailureDetails(pollResult: {
   statusReasons?: string[];
diff --git a/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/handler.ts b/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/handler.ts
index 8889b86df..84b51f0d6 100644
--- a/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/handler.ts
+++ b/src/cli/operations/jobs/recommendation/handler.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   buildRecommendationConfig,
   extractAccountIdFromArn,
   extractFailureDetails,
+  resolveBundleVersionId,
   resolveComponentKeyForJsonPath,
   resolveEvaluatorId,
 } from './build-config';
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ export const recommendationHandler: RecommendationHandler = {
 
       // Resolve config-bundle ARN + short JSONPath (from deployed state / agentcore.json)
       let bundleArn: string | undefined;
+      let resolvedBundleVersion = opts.bundleVersion;
       let resolvedSystemPromptJsonPath = opts.systemPromptJsonPath;
       if (opts.inputSource === 'config-bundle' && opts.bundleName) {
         if (opts.bundleName.startsWith('arn:')) {
@@ -162,6 +164,22 @@ export const recommendationHandler: RecommendationHandler = {
           }
         }
 
+        // Expand '--bundle-version LATEST' to the deployed versionId. The recommendation API only
+        // accepts a concrete version UUID, so passing 'LATEST' through verbatim yields a 400. (The
+        // ab-test path resolves LATEST the same way; this mirrors it.)
+        if (resolvedBundleVersion === 'LATEST' && bundleArn) {
+          const versionId = resolveBundleVersionId(bundleArn, resolvedBundleVersion, deployedState);
+          if (!versionId) {
+            const err = new ResourceNotFoundError(
+              `Could not resolve version "LATEST" for config bundle "${opts.bundleName}". ` +
+                'Run `agentcore deploy` first, or pass an explicit version UUID.'
+            );
+            logger?.finalize(false);
+            return { success: false, error: err };
+          }
+          resolvedBundleVersion = versionId;
+        }
+
         if (resolvedSystemPromptJsonPath && !resolvedSystemPromptJsonPath.startsWith('$')) {
           const bundleName = opts.bundleName.startsWith('arn:')
             ? Object.values(deployedState.targets)
@@ -186,7 +204,7 @@ export const recommendationHandler: RecommendationHandler = {
         type: opts.type,
         inlineContent,
         bundleArn,
-        bundleVersion: opts.bundleVersion,
+        bundleVersion: resolvedBundleVersion,
         systemPromptJsonPath: resolvedSystemPromptJsonPath,
         toolDescJsonPaths: opts.toolDescJsonPaths,
         inputSource: opts.inputSource,
@@ -242,7 +260,7 @@ export const recommendationHandler: RecommendationHandler = {
         inputSource: opts.inputSource,
         bundleName: opts.bundleName,
         bundleArn,
-        bundleVersion: opts.bundleVersion,
+        bundleVersion: resolvedBundleVersion,
         systemPromptJsonPath: resolvedSystemPromptJsonPath,
         toolDescJsonPaths: opts.toolDescJsonPaths,
         ...(opts.kmsKeyArn ? { kmsKeyArn: opts.kmsKeyArn } : {}),