diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh
index 600089630..825ce0708 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ echo "Downloading CodeQL bundle $codeql_bundle_version..."
 download_with_retries "https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases/download/$codeql_bundle_name/codeql-bundle.tar.gz" "/tmp" "codeql-bundle.tar.gz"
 tar -xzf "/tmp/codeql-bundle.tar.gz" -C "$extraction_directory"
 
+# Touch a special file that indicates to the CodeQL Action that this bundle was baked-in to the hosted runner images.
+touch "$extraction_directory/pinned-version"
+
 # Test that the tool has been extracted successfully.
 "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY/CodeQL/$codeql_bundle_version/x64/codeql/codeql" version
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-CodeQLBundle.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-CodeQLBundle.ps1
index 46a597592..d8f21f0df 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-CodeQLBundle.ps1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-CodeQLBundle.ps1
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ Extract-7Zip -Path $CodeQLBundlePath -DestinationPath $DownloadDirectoryPath
 $UnGzipedCodeQLBundlePath = Join-Path $DownloadDirectoryPath "codeql-bundle.tar"
 Extract-7Zip -Path $UnGzipedCodeQLBundlePath -DestinationPath $ExtractionDirectory
 
+# Touch a special file that indicates to the CodeQL Action that this bundle was baked-in to the hosted runner images.
+New-Item -ItemType file (Join-Path $ExtractionDirectory -ChildPath "pinned-version")
+
 # Test that the tool has been extracted successfully.
 Invoke-PesterTests -TestFile "Tools" -TestName "CodeQLBundle"