diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/context.py b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
index e6b404c597..d736c7244e 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/context.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
@@ -3043,10 +3043,17 @@ def _get_plan_default_start_end(
         modified_model_names: t.Set[str],
         execution_time: t.Optional[TimeLike] = None,
     ) -> t.Tuple[t.Optional[int], t.Optional[int]]:
-        if not max_interval_end_per_model:
+        # exclude seeds so their stale interval ends does not become the default plan end date
+        # when they're the only ones that contain intervals in this plan
+        non_seed_interval_ends = {
+            model_fqn: end
+            for model_fqn, end in max_interval_end_per_model.items()
+            if model_fqn not in snapshots or not snapshots[model_fqn].is_seed
+        }
+        if not non_seed_interval_ends:
             return None, None
 
-        default_end = to_timestamp(max(max_interval_end_per_model.values()))
+        default_end = to_timestamp(max(non_seed_interval_ends.values()))
         default_start: t.Optional[int] = None
         # Infer the default start by finding the smallest interval start that corresponds to the default end.
         for model_name in backfill_models or modified_model_names or max_interval_end_per_model:
diff --git a/tests/core/test_context.py b/tests/core/test_context.py
index 1ae98ae4b6..c3d88e205e 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_context.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_context.py
@@ -1157,6 +1157,72 @@ def test_plan_start_ahead_of_end(copy_to_temp_path):
         context.close()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_plan_seed_model_excluded_from_default_end(copy_to_temp_path: t.Callable):
+    path = copy_to_temp_path("examples/sushi")
+    with time_machine.travel("2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC"):
+        context = Context(paths=path, gateway="duckdb_persistent")
+        context.plan("prod", no_prompts=True, auto_apply=True)
+        max_ends = context.state_sync.max_interval_end_per_model("prod")
+        seed_fqns = [k for k in max_ends if "waiter_names" in k]
+        assert len(seed_fqns) == 1
+        assert max_ends[seed_fqns[0]] == to_timestamp("2024-06-01")
+        context.close()
+
+    with time_machine.travel("2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC"):
+        context = Context(paths=path, gateway="duckdb_persistent")
+
+        # a model that depends on this seed but has no interval in prod yet so only the seed would contribute to max_interval_end_per_model
+        context.upsert_model(
+            load_sql_based_model(
+                parse(
+                    """
+                    MODEL(
+                        name sushi.waiter_summary,
+                        kind INCREMENTAL_BY_TIME_RANGE (
+                            time_column ds
+                        ),
+                        start '2025-01-01',
+                        cron '@daily'
+                    );
+
+                    SELECT
+                        id,
+                        name,
+                        @start_ds AS ds
+                    FROM
+                        sushi.waiter_names
+                    WHERE
+                        @start_ds BETWEEN @start_ds AND @end_ds
+                    """
+                ),
+                default_catalog=context.default_catalog,
+            )
+        )
+
+        # the seed's interval end would still be 2024-06-01
+        max_ends = context.state_sync.max_interval_end_per_model("prod")
+        seed_fqns = [k for k in max_ends if "waiter_names" in k]
+        assert len(seed_fqns) == 1
+        assert max_ends[seed_fqns[0]] == to_timestamp("2024-06-01")
+
+        # the plan start date 2025-01-01 is after the seeds end date but shouldnt cause the plan to fail
+        plan = context.plan(
+            "dev", start="2025-01-01", no_prompts=True, select_models=["*waiter_summary"]
+        )
+
+        # the end should fall back to execution_time rather than seeds end
+        assert plan.models_to_backfill == {
+            '"duckdb"."sushi"."waiter_names"',
+            '"duckdb"."sushi"."waiter_summary"',
+        }
+        assert plan.provided_end is None
+        assert plan.provided_start == "2025-01-01"
+        assert to_timestamp(plan.end) == to_timestamp("2026-03-01")
+        assert to_timestamp(plan.start) == to_timestamp("2025-01-01")
+        context.close()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.slow
 def test_schema_error_no_default(sushi_context_pre_scheduling) -> None:
     context = sushi_context_pre_scheduling