diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/bootstrap/deploy-bootstrap.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/bootstrap/deploy-bootstrap.ts
index 501122697eab5..987c77ba580ed 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/bootstrap/deploy-bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/bootstrap/deploy-bootstrap.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Mode, SdkProvider, ISDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import { deployStack, DeployStackResult } from '../deploy-stack';
 import { NoBootstrapStackEnvironmentResources } from '../environment-resources';
 import { DEFAULT_TOOLKIT_STACK_NAME, ToolkitInfo } from '../toolkit-info';
+import { HotswapMode } from '../hotswap/common';
 
 /**
  * A class to hold state around stack bootstrapping
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ export class BootstrapStack {
       usePreviousParameters: options.usePreviousParameters ?? true,
       // Obviously we can't need a bootstrap stack to deploy a bootstrap stack
       envResources: new NoBootstrapStackEnvironmentResources(this.resolvedEnvironment, this.sdk),
+      hotswap: HotswapMode.FULL_DEPLOYMENT,
     });
   }
 }