diff --git a/packages/contentstack-export/src/export/modules/taxonomies.ts b/packages/contentstack-export/src/export/modules/taxonomies.ts
index 5075a54fe..27be33d4c 100644
--- a/packages/contentstack-export/src/export/modules/taxonomies.ts
+++ b/packages/contentstack-export/src/export/modules/taxonomies.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default class ExportTaxonomies extends BaseClass {
   private isLocaleBasedExportSupported: boolean = true; // Flag to track if locale-based export is supported
   private qs: {
     include_count: boolean;
+    include_publish_details: boolean;
     skip: number;
     asc?: string;
     limit: number;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export default class ExportTaxonomies extends BaseClass {
     branch?: string;
     include_fallback?: boolean;
     fallback_locale?: string;
+    query?: Record<string, unknown>;
   };
   public taxonomiesFolderPath: string;
   private localesFilePath: string;
@@ -38,7 +40,12 @@ export default class ExportTaxonomies extends BaseClass {
     this.taxonomies = {};
     this.taxonomiesByLocale = {};
     this.taxonomiesConfig = exportConfig.modules.taxonomies;
-    this.qs = { include_count: true, limit: this.taxonomiesConfig.limit || 100, skip: 0 };
+    this.qs = {
+      include_count: true,
+      include_publish_details: true,
+      limit: this.taxonomiesConfig.limit || 100,
+      skip: 0,
+    };
 
     this.applyQueryFilters(this.qs, 'taxonomies');
     this.exportConfig.context.module = MODULE_CONTEXTS.TAXONOMIES;
diff --git a/packages/contentstack-export/test/unit/export/modules/taxonomies.test.ts b/packages/contentstack-export/test/unit/export/modules/taxonomies.test.ts
index 71e7dd8ba..276e0281e 100644
--- a/packages/contentstack-export/test/unit/export/modules/taxonomies.test.ts
+++ b/packages/contentstack-export/test/unit/export/modules/taxonomies.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ describe('ExportTaxonomies', () => {
         taxonomies: {
           dirName: 'taxonomies',
           fileName: 'taxonomies.json',
-          invalidKeys: [],
+          invalidKeys: [
+            'updated_at',
+            'created_by',
+            'updated_by',
+            'stackHeaders',
+            'urlPath',
+            'created_at',
+          ],
           limit: 100,
         },
         locales: {
@@ -107,6 +114,118 @@ describe('ExportTaxonomies', () => {
     sinon.restore();
   });
 
+  describe('include_publish_details (list query)', () => {
+    it('should set include_publish_details true on taxonomy list query params', () => {
+      const qs = (exportTaxonomies as any).qs;
+      expect(qs.include_publish_details).to.equal(true);
+      expect(qs.include_count).to.equal(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should pass include_publish_details true to taxonomy().query from fetchTaxonomies', async () => {
+      const querySpy = sinon.stub().returns({
+        find: sinon.stub().resolves({
+          items: [{ uid: 'taxonomy-1', name: 'Cat' }],
+          count: 1,
+        }),
+      });
+      mockStackClient.taxonomy.returns({ query: querySpy });
+
+      await exportTaxonomies.fetchTaxonomies();
+
+      expect(querySpy.called).to.be.true;
+      expect(querySpy.firstCall.args[0]).to.have.property('include_publish_details', true);
+    });
+
+    it('should pass include_publish_details on every pagination request', async () => {
+      let callCount = 0;
+      const querySpy = sinon.stub().returns({
+        find: sinon.stub().callsFake(() => {
+          callCount++;
+          if (callCount === 1) {
+            return Promise.resolve({
+              items: Array(100).fill(null).map((_, i) => ({ uid: `taxonomy-${i}`, name: 'Test' })),
+              count: 150,
+            });
+          }
+          return Promise.resolve({
+            items: Array(50).fill(null).map((_, i) => ({ uid: `taxonomy-${100 + i}`, name: 'Test' })),
+            count: 150,
+          });
+        }),
+      });
+      mockStackClient.taxonomy.returns({ query: querySpy });
+
+      await exportTaxonomies.fetchTaxonomies();
+
+      expect(callCount).to.be.greaterThan(1);
+      querySpy.getCalls().forEach((call) => {
+        expect(call.args[0]).to.have.property('include_publish_details', true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should pass include_publish_details when fetching with locale code', async () => {
+      const querySpy = sinon.stub().returns({
+        find: sinon.stub().resolves({
+          items: [{ uid: 'taxonomy-1', name: 'Cat', locale: 'en-us' }],
+          count: 1,
+        }),
+      });
+      mockStackClient.taxonomy.returns({ query: querySpy });
+
+      await exportTaxonomies.fetchTaxonomies('fr-fr');
+
+      expect(querySpy.called).to.be.true;
+      expect(querySpy.firstCall.args[0]).to.include({
+        include_publish_details: true,
+        locale: 'fr-fr',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should include include_publish_details on initializeExport count query', async () => {
+      const querySpy = sinon.stub().returns({
+        find: sinon.stub().resolves({ items: [{ uid: 'taxonomy-1', name: 'Cat' }], count: 1 }),
+      });
+      mockStackClient.taxonomy.returns({ query: querySpy });
+
+      const stubDetermine = sinon.stub(exportTaxonomies as any, 'determineExportStrategy').resolves();
+      const stubFetchAll = sinon.stub(exportTaxonomies as any, 'fetchAllTaxonomies').resolves();
+      const stubExportAll = sinon.stub(exportTaxonomies as any, 'exportAllTaxonomies').resolves(1);
+      const stubWriteMeta = sinon.stub(exportTaxonomies, 'writeTaxonomiesMetadata').resolves();
+      const stubGetLocales = sinon.stub(exportTaxonomies, 'getLocalesToExport').returns(['en-us']);
+
+      await exportTaxonomies.start();
+
+      expect(querySpy.called).to.be.true;
+      expect(querySpy.firstCall.args[0]).to.have.property('include_publish_details', true);
+      expect(querySpy.firstCall.args[0]).to.have.property('limit', 1);
+
+      stubDetermine.restore();
+      stubFetchAll.restore();
+      stubExportAll.restore();
+      stubWriteMeta.restore();
+      stubGetLocales.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should merge exportConfig query.modules.taxonomies without removing root include_publish_details', () => {
+      const cfg = {
+        ...mockExportConfig,
+        query: {
+          modules: {
+            taxonomies: { branch: 'main' },
+          },
+        },
+      } as any;
+      const instance = new ExportTaxonomies({
+        exportConfig: cfg,
+        stackAPIClient: mockStackClient,
+        moduleName: 'taxonomies',
+      });
+      const qs = (instance as any).qs;
+      expect(qs.include_publish_details).to.equal(true);
+      expect(qs.query).to.deep.equal({ branch: 'main' });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('Constructor', () => {
     it('should initialize with correct parameters', () => {
       expect(exportTaxonomies).to.be.instanceOf(ExportTaxonomies);
@@ -323,6 +442,21 @@ describe('ExportTaxonomies', () => {
       expect(Object.keys(exportTaxonomies.taxonomies).length).to.equal(0);
     });
 
+    it('should retain publish_details when not listed in invalidKeys', () => {
+      const publishDetails = [{ environment: 'bltEnv1', time: '2026-04-21T12:00:00.000Z', user: 'bltUser1' }];
+      const taxonomies = [
+        {
+          uid: 'taxonomy-pub',
+          name: 'Pub',
+          publish_details: publishDetails,
+        },
+      ];
+
+      exportTaxonomies.sanitizeTaxonomiesAttribs(taxonomies);
+
+      expect(exportTaxonomies.taxonomies['taxonomy-pub'].publish_details).to.deep.equal(publishDetails);
+    });
+
     //   const taxonomies = [
     //     { uid: 'taxonomy-1', name: 'Category' },
     //     { uid: 'taxonomy-2', name: 'Tag' }