diff --git a/pydantic_settings/sources/providers/cli.py b/pydantic_settings/sources/providers/cli.py
index 8928b8d0..fefa103c 100644
--- a/pydantic_settings/sources/providers/cli.py
+++ b/pydantic_settings/sources/providers/cli.py
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ def _add_parser_args(
                             help=subcommand_help,
                             formatter_class=self._formatter_class,
                             description=None if model.__doc__ is None else dedent(model.__doc__),
+                            allow_abbrev=False,
                         ),
                         model=model,
                         added_args=[],
diff --git a/tests/test_source_cli.py b/tests/test_source_cli.py
index bdf60476..68d3693f 100644
--- a/tests/test_source_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_source_cli.py
@@ -2378,6 +2378,25 @@ class MySettings(BaseSettings):
         )
 
 
+def test_cli_subcommand_invalid_abbrev():
+    class Child(BaseModel):
+        bacon: str = ''
+        badger: str = ''
+
+    class MySettings(BaseSettings):
+        child: CliSubCommand[Child]
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        SettingsError,
+        match='error parsing CLI: unrecognized arguments: --bac cli abbrev are invalid for internal parser',
+    ):
+        CliApp.run(
+            MySettings,
+            cli_args=['child', '--bac', 'cli abbrev are invalid for internal parser'],
+            cli_exit_on_error=False,
+        )
+
+
 def test_cli_submodels_strip_annotated():
     class PolyA(BaseModel):
         a: int = 1