diff --git a/src/code/Utils.cs b/src/code/Utils.cs
index c9c970506..cc6f0fa14 100644
--- a/src/code/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/code/Utils.cs
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ private static bool TryReadPSDataFile(
         public static bool ValidateModuleManifest(string moduleManifestPath, out string errorMsg)
         {
             errorMsg = string.Empty;
-            using (System.Management.Automation.PowerShell pwsh = System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Create())
+            using (System.Management.Automation.PowerShell pwsh = System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Create(RunspaceMode.CurrentRunspace))
             {
                 // use PowerShell cmdlet Test-ModuleManifest
                 // TODO: Test-ModuleManifest will throw an error if RequiredModules specifies a module that does not exist
@@ -1400,32 +1400,32 @@ public static bool ValidateModuleManifest(string moduleManifestPath, out string
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (pwsh.HadErrors)
+                // Validate the result object directly
+                if (results.Any())
                 {
-                    if (results.Any())
+                    PSModuleInfo psModuleInfoObj = results[0].BaseObject as PSModuleInfo;
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(psModuleInfoObj.Author))
                     {
-                        PSModuleInfo psModuleInfoObj = results[0].BaseObject as PSModuleInfo;
-                        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(psModuleInfoObj.Author))
-                        {
-                            errorMsg = "No author was provided in the module manifest. The module manifest must specify a version, author and description. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the file.";
-                        }
-                        else if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(psModuleInfoObj.Description))
-                        {
-                            errorMsg = "No description was provided in the module manifest. The module manifest must specify a version, author and description. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the file.";
-                        }
-                        else if (psModuleInfoObj.Version == null)
-                        {
-                            errorMsg = "No version or an incorrectly formatted version was provided in the module manifest. The module manifest must specify a version, author and description. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the file.";
-                        }
+                        errorMsg = "No author was provided in the module manifest. The module manifest must specify a version, author and description. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the file.";
+                        return false;
                     }
-
-                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMsg))
+                    else if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(psModuleInfoObj.Description))
                     {
-                        // Surface any inner error messages
-                        var innerErrorMsg = (pwsh.Streams.Error.Count > 0) ? pwsh.Streams.Error[0].ToString() : string.Empty;
-                        errorMsg = $"Module manifest file validation failed with error: {innerErrorMsg}. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the module manifest.";
+                        errorMsg = "No description was provided in the module manifest. The module manifest must specify a version, author and description. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the file.";
+                        return false;
                     }
-
+                    else if (psModuleInfoObj.Version == null)
+                    {
+                        errorMsg = "No version or an incorrectly formatted version was provided in the module manifest. The module manifest must specify a version, author and description. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the file.";
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                // Check for any errors from Test-ModuleManifest
+                if (pwsh.HadErrors)
+                {
+                    var innerErrorMsg = (pwsh.Streams.Error.Count > 0) ? pwsh.Streams.Error[0].ToString() : string.Empty;
+                    errorMsg = $"Module manifest file validation failed with error: {innerErrorMsg}. Run 'Test-ModuleManifest' to validate the module manifest.";
                     return false;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1 b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1
index e97f64407..ed0adf1b8 100644
--- a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/PublishPSResource.Tests.ps1
@@ -131,6 +131,21 @@ Describe "Test Publish-PSResource" -tags 'CI' {
         }
     }
 
+    It "Publish a module with valid Author field without -SkipModuleManifestValidate" {
+        # This test verifies that the fix for runspace deserialization issue works correctly.
+        # Previously, PSModuleInfo.Author would return empty string when called via PowerShell.Create(),
+        # causing false positive "No author was provided" errors.
+        $version = "1.0.0"
+        $author = "TestAuthor"
+        New-ModuleManifest -Path (Join-Path -Path $script:PublishModuleBase -ChildPath "$script:PublishModuleName.psd1") -ModuleVersion $version -Description "$script:PublishModuleName module" -Author $author
+
+        # This should succeed without needing -SkipModuleManifestValidate
+        Publish-PSResource -Path $script:PublishModuleBase -Repository $testRepository2
+
+        $expectedPath = Join-Path -Path $script:repositoryPath2  -ChildPath "$script:PublishModuleName.$version.nupkg"
+        (Get-ChildItem $script:repositoryPath2).FullName | Should -Be $expectedPath
+    }
+
     It "Publish a module with -Path to the highest priority repo" {
         $version = "1.0.0"
         New-ModuleManifest -Path (Join-Path -Path $script:PublishModuleBase -ChildPath "$script:PublishModuleName.psd1") -ModuleVersion $version -Description "$script:PublishModuleName module"