diff --git a/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/device_configuration.lua b/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/device_configuration.lua
index adc0da500e..eebe734fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/device_configuration.lua
+++ b/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/device_configuration.lua
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function SwitchDeviceConfiguration.assign_profile_for_onoff_ep(device, server_on
   -- per spec, the Switch device types support OnOff as CLIENT, though some vendors break spec and support it as SERVER.
   local primary_dt_id = switch_utils.find_max_subset_device_type(ep_info, fields.DEVICE_TYPE_ID.LIGHT)
     or switch_utils.find_max_subset_device_type(ep_info, fields.DEVICE_TYPE_ID.SWITCH)
-    or ep_info.device_types[1] and ep_info.device_types[1].device_type_id
+    or switch_utils.find_primary_device_type(ep_info)
 
   local generic_profile = fields.device_type_profile_map[primary_dt_id]
 
diff --git a/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/fields.lua b/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/fields.lua
index c350a7adaf..3a0bdc9fdb 100644
--- a/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/fields.lua
+++ b/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/fields.lua
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ SwitchFields.CURRENT_HUESAT_ATTR_MAX = 254
 
 SwitchFields.DEVICE_TYPE_ID = {
   AGGREGATOR = 0x000E,
+  BRIDGED_NODE = 0x0013,
   CAMERA = 0x0142,
   CHIME = 0x0146,
   DIMMABLE_PLUG_IN_UNIT = 0x010B,
diff --git a/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/utils.lua b/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/utils.lua
index 718e186dcf..01a9d2d971 100644
--- a/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/utils.lua
+++ b/drivers/SmartThings/matter-switch/src/switch_utils/utils.lua
@@ -93,23 +93,33 @@ function utils.device_type_supports_button_switch_combination(device, endpoint_i
   return utils.tbl_contains(dimmable_eps, endpoint_id)
 end
 
--- Some devices report multiple device types which are a subset of
--- a superset device type (Ex. Dimmable Light is a superset of On/Off Light).
--- We should map to the largest superset device type supported.
--- This can be done by matching to the device type with the highest ID
+--- Some devices report multiple device types which are a subset of a superset
+--- device type (Ex. Dimmable Light is a superset of On/Off Light). We should map
+--- to the largest superset device type supported.
+--- This can be done by matching to the device type with the highest ID
+--- note: that superset device types have a higher ID than those of their subset
+--- is heuristic and could therefore break in the future, were the spec expanded
 function utils.find_max_subset_device_type(ep, device_type_set)
   if ep.endpoint_id == 0 then return end -- EP-scoped device types not permitted on Root Node
-  local primary_dt_id = ep.device_types[1] and ep.device_types[1].device_type_id
-  if utils.tbl_contains(device_type_set, primary_dt_id) then
-    for _, dt in ipairs(ep.device_types) do
-      -- only device types in the subset should be considered.
-      if utils.tbl_contains(device_type_set, dt.device_type_id) then
-        primary_dt_id = math.max(primary_dt_id, dt.device_type_id)
-      end
+  local primary_dt_id = -1
+  for _, dt in ipairs(ep.device_types) do
+    -- only device types in the subset should be considered.
+    if utils.tbl_contains(device_type_set, dt.device_type_id) then
+      primary_dt_id = math.max(primary_dt_id, dt.device_type_id)
+    end
+  end
+  return (primary_dt_id > 0) and primary_dt_id or nil
+end
+
+--- Lights and Switches are Device Types that have Superset-style functionality
+--- For all other device types, this function should be used to identify the primary device type
+function utils.find_primary_device_type(ep_info)
+  for _, dt in ipairs(ep_info.device_types) do
+    if dt.device_type_id ~= fields.DEVICE_TYPE_ID.BRIDGED_NODE then
+      -- if this is not a bridged node, return the first device type seen
+      return dt.device_type_id
     end
-    return primary_dt_id
   end
-  return nil
 end
 
 --- find_default_endpoint is a helper function to handle situations where