diff --git a/.nextchanges/cli/dotted-profile-parent-section.md b/.nextchanges/cli/dotted-profile-parent-section.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc0b308217f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nextchanges/cli/dotted-profile-parent-section.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Fix `databricks auth login` and `databricks configure` overwriting the parent profile's host and token when saving a profile with a dotted name such as `team.prod` next to an existing `[team]`. ([#7266](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/7266))
diff --git a/libs/databrickscfg/ops.go b/libs/databrickscfg/ops.go
index 6358c5ba49d..c017dd06a67 100644
--- a/libs/databrickscfg/ops.go
+++ b/libs/databrickscfg/ops.go
@@ -278,8 +278,9 @@ func SaveResourcesToProfile(ctx context.Context, profileName, configFilePath str
 	}
 	if len(resources) == 0 {
 		section.DeleteKey("resources")
-	} else {
-		section.Key("resources").SetValue(strings.Join(resources, ","))
+	} else if _, err := section.NewKey("resources", strings.Join(resources, ",")); err != nil {
+		// See SaveToProfile for why this is not Section.Key.
+		return err
 	}
 	return writeConfigFile(ctx, configFile)
 }
@@ -461,8 +462,12 @@ func SaveToProfile(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, clearKeys ...string)
 		if attr.IsZero(cfg) {
 			continue
 		}
-		key := section.Key(attr.Name)
-		key.SetValue(attr.GetString(cfg))
+		// Section.Key falls back to the parent section for dotted names
+		// ([team] for [team.prod]), so it would overwrite the parent's value.
+		// NewKey only looks at the section's own keys.
+		if _, err := section.NewKey(attr.Name, attr.GetString(cfg)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Auto-set default profile when saving the first profile to the config file.
diff --git a/libs/databrickscfg/ops_test.go b/libs/databrickscfg/ops_test.go
index 8fe1956a81f..49fa1bd1458 100644
--- a/libs/databrickscfg/ops_test.go
+++ b/libs/databrickscfg/ops_test.go
@@ -212,6 +212,38 @@ func TestSaveResourcesToProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotContains(t, string(contents), "resources")
 }
 
+func TestSaveToProfile_DottedNameDoesNotWriteParentSection(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := t.Context()
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "databrickscfg")
+	err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("[team]\nhost = https://team.test\ntoken = xyz\nresources = https://team.test/a\n"), 0o600)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, SaveToProfile(ctx, &config.Config{
+		ConfigFile: path,
+		Profile:    "team.prod",
+		Host:       "https://prod.test",
+		AuthType:   "databricks-cli",
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, SaveResourcesToProfile(ctx, "team.prod", path, []string{"https://prod.test/b"}))
+
+	file, err := loadConfigFile(ctx, path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	parent, err := file.GetSection("team")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"host":      "https://team.test",
+		"token":     "xyz",
+		"resources": "https://team.test/a",
+	}, parent.KeysHash())
+	child, err := file.GetSection("team.prod")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"host":      "https://prod.test",
+		"auth_type": "databricks-cli",
+		"resources": "https://prod.test/b",
+	}, child.KeysHash())
+}
+
 func TestSaveResourcesToProfile_MissingProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := t.Context()
 	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "databrickscfg")