diff --git a/packages/google-auth/google/auth/_service_account_info.py b/packages/google-auth/google/auth/_service_account_info.py
index c432080a907d..49cc283d61d5 100644
--- a/packages/google-auth/google/auth/_service_account_info.py
+++ b/packages/google-auth/google/auth/_service_account_info.py
@@ -52,11 +52,14 @@ def from_dict(data, require=None, use_rsa_signer=True):
             "fields {}.".format(", ".join(missing))
         )
 
-    # Create a signer.
+    # Create a signer with automatic fallback to EC and PQC (ML-DSA) signers.
     if use_rsa_signer:
-        signer = crypt.RSASigner.from_service_account_info(data)
+        try:
+            signer = crypt.RSASigner.from_service_account_info(data)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            signer = crypt.from_service_account_info(data)
     else:
-        signer = crypt.EsSigner.from_service_account_info(data)
+        signer = crypt.from_service_account_info(data)
 
     return signer
 
diff --git a/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/__init__.py b/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/__init__.py
index e56bc7b82df7..0b472520a743 100644
--- a/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/__init__.py
@@ -56,6 +56,31 @@
 RSAVerifier = rsa.RSAVerifier
 
 
+def from_service_account_info(info):
+    """Create a Signer instance from a service account info dictionary.
+
+    Automatically detects whether the private key is RSA or ECDSA (or other non-RSA)
+    and returns the appropriate Signer instance.
+
+    Args:
+        info (Mapping[str, str]): Service account info dictionary.
+
+    Returns:
+        google.auth.crypt.Signer: The constructed signer.
+    """
+    private_key = info.get("private_key")
+    key_id = info.get("private_key_id")
+    if not private_key:
+        raise ValueError("The private_key field is missing from service account info.")
+
+    try:
+        return RSASigner.from_service_account_info(info)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        pass
+
+    return EsSigner.from_string(private_key, key_id=key_id)
+
+
 def verify_signature(message, signature, certs, verifier_cls=rsa.RSAVerifier):
     """Verify an RSA or ECDSA cryptographic signature.
 
@@ -93,4 +118,5 @@ class to use for verification. This can be used to select different
     "RSAVerifier",
     "Signer",
     "Verifier",
+    "from_service_account_info",
 ]
diff --git a/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/_cryptography_rsa.py b/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/_cryptography_rsa.py
index 1a3e9ff52c66..39f5f05352c9 100644
--- a/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/_cryptography_rsa.py
+++ b/packages/google-auth/google/auth/crypt/_cryptography_rsa.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import padding
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
 import cryptography.x509
 
 from google.auth import _helpers
@@ -133,6 +134,8 @@ def from_string(cls, key, key_id=None):
         private_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
             key, password=None, backend=_BACKEND
         )
+        if not isinstance(private_key, rsa.RSAPrivateKey):
+            raise TypeError("Expected RSAPrivateKey, got {}".format(type(private_key)))
         return cls(private_key, key_id=key_id)
 
     def __getstate__(self):
diff --git a/packages/google-auth/tests/test__service_account_info.py b/packages/google-auth/tests/test__service_account_info.py
index 7e836861e4a7..695c4725e720 100644
--- a/packages/google-auth/tests/test__service_account_info.py
+++ b/packages/google-auth/tests/test__service_account_info.py
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ def test_from_dict_es384_signer():
     assert signer.algorithm == "ES384"
 
 
+def test_from_dict_ec_auto_detect():
+    # Pass an EC key without use_rsa_signer=False (default use_rsa_signer=True).
+    # It should automatically detect the EC key and return an EsSigner without error.
+    signer = _service_account_info.from_dict(GDCH_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ES256_INFO)
+    assert isinstance(signer, crypt.EsSigner)
+    assert signer.key_id == GDCH_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ES256_INFO["private_key_id"]
+
+
 def test_from_dict_bad_private_key():
     info = SERVICE_ACCOUNT_INFO.copy()
     info["private_key"] = "garbage"