diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/dag_runs.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/dag_runs.py
index 2b178e97fc220..cae21ab96c646 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/dag_runs.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/dag_runs.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.db.common import SessionDep
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.types import UtcDateTime
 from airflow.api_fastapi.compat import HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT
+from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.services.public.common import resolve_run_on_latest_version
 from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.datamodels.dagrun import DagRunStateResponse, TriggerDAGRunPayload
 from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.datamodels.taskinstance import DagRun
 from airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.datamodels.token import TIToken
@@ -197,7 +198,8 @@ def clear_dag_run(
         )
     dag = get_dag_for_run(dag_bag, dag_run=dag_run, session=session)
 
-    dag.clear(run_id=run_id)
+    resolved_run_on_latest = resolve_run_on_latest_version(None, dag_id, session)
+    dag.clear(run_id=run_id, run_on_latest_version=resolved_run_on_latest)
 
 
 @router.get(
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/execution_api/versions/head/test_dag_runs.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/execution_api/versions/head/test_dag_runs.py
index 337bc1c90b8d5..05483f1966b73 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/execution_api/versions/head/test_dag_runs.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/execution_api/versions/head/test_dag_runs.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from unittest import mock
+
 import pytest
 import time_machine
 from fastapi import Request
@@ -322,6 +324,27 @@ def test_dag_run_not_found(self, client):
 
         assert response.status_code == 404
 
+    def test_dag_run_clear_invokes_resolver(self, client, session, dag_maker):
+        """Clearing invokes resolve_run_on_latest_version with no explicit override."""
+        dag_id = "test_clear_invokes_resolver"
+        run_id = "test_run_id"
+
+        with dag_maker(dag_id=dag_id, session=session, serialized=True):
+            EmptyOperator(task_id="test_task")
+        dag_maker.create_dagrun(run_id=run_id, state=DagRunState.SUCCESS)
+        session.commit()
+
+        with mock.patch(
+            "airflow.api_fastapi.execution_api.routes.dag_runs.resolve_run_on_latest_version",
+            return_value=False,
+        ) as mock_resolver:
+            response = client.post(f"/execution/dag-runs/{dag_id}/{run_id}/clear")
+
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+        mock_resolver.assert_called_once()
+        # First positional arg is the explicit override; operator does not pass one.
+        assert mock_resolver.call_args.args[0] is None
+
 
 class TestDagRunDetail:
     def setup_method(self):