diff --git a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py
index c44a30a86ec6f..b2aadc62a4fd6 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/notifications/smtp.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _build_email_content(self, smtp: SmtpHook, context: Context):
             if smtp.from_email is not None:
                 self.from_email = smtp.from_email
             else:
-                raise ValueError("You should provide `from_email` or define it in the connection")
+                self.from_email = conf.get("email", "from_email", fallback="airflow@airflow")
             fields_to_re_render.append("from_email")
         if self.subject is None:
             smtp_default_templated_subject_path: str
diff --git a/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py b/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py
index 4a5904405f146..dc51b567d87b1 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ def test_notifier_with_defaults(self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db,
     def test_notifier_with_nondefault_connection_extra(
         self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db, mock_task_instance
     ):
+        """When the connection extra defines `from_email` (and no config `[email] from_email` is set),
+        the connection's from_email is used, including template rendering."""
         # TODO: we can use create_runtime_ti fixture in place of mock_task_instance once provider has minimum AF to Airflow 3.0+
         ti = mock_task_instance(
             dag_id=TEST_DAG_ID,
@@ -211,6 +213,70 @@ def test_notifier_with_nondefault_connection_extra(
                 **DEFAULT_EMAIL_PARAMS,
             )
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.smtp.notifications.smtp.SmtpHook")
+    def test_notifier_from_email_falls_back_to_config(self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db):
+        """When config [email] from_email is set and the SMTP connection extra `from_email` is NOT set, `[email] from_email` config is used."""
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.from_email = None
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.subject_template = None
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.html_content_template = None
+
+        with conf_vars({("email", "from_email"): "config@example.com"}):
+            notifier = SmtpNotifier(to=TEST_RECEIVER, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+            notifier({"dag": create_dag_without_db(TEST_DAG_ID)})
+
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__().send_email_smtp.assert_called_once_with(
+            from_email="config@example.com",
+            to=TEST_RECEIVER,
+            subject=TEST_SUBJECT,
+            html_content=TEST_BODY,
+            smtp_conn_id=SMTP_CONN_ID,
+            **DEFAULT_EMAIL_PARAMS,
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.smtp.notifications.smtp.SmtpHook")
+    def test_notifier_connection_extra_takes_precedence_over_config(
+        self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db
+    ):
+        """The SMTP connection extra `from_email` must win over the `[email] from_email` config."""
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.from_email = "conn@example.com"
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.subject_template = None
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.html_content_template = None
+
+        with conf_vars({("email", "from_email"): "config@example.com"}):
+            notifier = SmtpNotifier(to=TEST_RECEIVER, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+            notifier({"dag": create_dag_without_db(TEST_DAG_ID)})
+
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__().send_email_smtp.assert_called_once_with(
+            from_email="conn@example.com",
+            to=TEST_RECEIVER,
+            subject=TEST_SUBJECT,
+            html_content=TEST_BODY,
+            smtp_conn_id=SMTP_CONN_ID,
+            **DEFAULT_EMAIL_PARAMS,
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.smtp.notifications.smtp.SmtpHook")
+    def test_notifier_from_email_default_when_nothing_configured(
+        self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db
+    ):
+        """Falls back to the hard-coded default when neither the connection nor config define from_email."""
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.from_email = None
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.subject_template = None
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__.return_value.html_content_template = None
+
+        with conf_vars({("email", "from_email"): None}):
+            notifier = SmtpNotifier(to=TEST_RECEIVER, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+            notifier({"dag": create_dag_without_db(TEST_DAG_ID)})
+
+        mock_smtphook_hook.return_value.__enter__().send_email_smtp.assert_called_once_with(
+            from_email="airflow@airflow",
+            to=TEST_RECEIVER,
+            subject=TEST_SUBJECT,
+            html_content=TEST_BODY,
+            smtp_conn_id=SMTP_CONN_ID,
+            **DEFAULT_EMAIL_PARAMS,
+        )
+
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.smtp.notifications.smtp.SmtpHook")
     def test_notifier_with_custom_smtp_conn_id(self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db):
         """Test that a custom smtp_conn_id is correctly passed to SmtpHook."""
diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
index 94363b984b7f6..ee47b47fa1127 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@ def _send_error_email_notification(
             to=to_emails,
             subject=subject,
             html_content=html_content,
-            from_email=conf.get("email", "from_email", fallback="airflow@airflow"),
+            from_email=None,
         )
         notifier(email_context)
     except Exception:
diff --git a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py
index 9d15ac40c6967..cee30e63cd667 100644
--- a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py
+++ b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py
@@ -3896,7 +3896,7 @@ def execute(self, context):
                 else:
                     mock_smtp_notifier.assert_called_once()
                     kwargs = mock_smtp_notifier.call_args.kwargs
-                    assert kwargs["from_email"] == self.FROM
+                    assert kwargs["from_email"] is None
                     assert kwargs["to"] == emails
                     assert (
                         kwargs["html_content"]
@@ -3954,7 +3954,7 @@ def execute(self, context):
                 else:
                     mock_smtp_notifier.assert_called_once()
                     kwargs = mock_smtp_notifier.call_args.kwargs
-                    assert kwargs["from_email"] == self.FROM
+                    assert kwargs["from_email"] is None
                     assert kwargs["to"] == emails
                     assert (
                         kwargs["html_content"]
@@ -4006,7 +4006,7 @@ def execute(self, context):
                     kwargs["html_content"]
                     == "<h1>Custom Template</h1><p>Task: {{ti.task_id}}</p><p>Error: {{exception_html}}</p>"
                 )
-                assert kwargs["from_email"] == self.FROM
+                assert kwargs["from_email"] is None
 
     @pytest.mark.enable_redact
     def test_rendered_templates_mask_secrets(self, create_runtime_ti, mock_supervisor_comms):