diff --git a/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms.go b/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms.go
index dacfa6ca56..d55a070ec6 100644
--- a/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms.go
+++ b/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package mutator
 import (
 	"context"
 	"path"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -88,14 +89,11 @@ func (m *applyTransforms) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) diag.Diag
 	for i := range r.Models {
 		r.Models[i].Name = prefix + r.Models[i].Name
 		for _, t := range tags {
-			exists := false
-			for _, modelTag := range r.Models[i].Tags {
-				if modelTag.Key == t.Key {
-					exists = true
-					break
-				}
-			}
+			exists := slices.ContainsFunc(r.Models[i].Tags, func(modelTag ml.ModelTag) bool {
+				return modelTag.Key == t.Key
+			})
 			if !exists {
+				// Only add this tag if the resource didn't include any tag that overrides its value.
 				r.Models[i].Tags = append(r.Models[i].Tags, ml.ModelTag{Key: t.Key, Value: t.Value})
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms_test.go b/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms_test.go
index fa27744dbe..05655bf642 100644
--- a/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms_test.go
+++ b/bundle/config/mutator/apply_transforms_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/resources"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/jobs"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestTransformPrefix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,9 +64,7 @@ func TestTransformPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", diag)
 			}
 
-			if got := b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].Name; got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("got %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].Name)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -134,12 +133,8 @@ func TestTransformTags(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", diag)
 			}
 
-			got := b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].Tags
-			for k, v := range tt.want {
-				if got[k] != v {
-					t.Errorf("tag %v: got %v, want %v", k, got[k], v)
-				}
-			}
+			tags := b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].Tags
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, tags)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -197,9 +192,7 @@ func TestTransformJobsMaxConcurrentRuns(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", diag)
 			}
 
-			if got := b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].MaxConcurrentRuns; got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("got %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].MaxConcurrentRuns)
 		})
 	}
 }