diff --git a/aws/logs_monitoring/steps/enrichment.py b/aws/logs_monitoring/steps/enrichment.py
index f119fd01..b25be32f 100644
--- a/aws/logs_monitoring/steps/enrichment.py
+++ b/aws/logs_monitoring/steps/enrichment.py
@@ -161,12 +161,11 @@ def extract_ddtags_from_message(event):
         extracted_ddtags = extracted_ddtags.replace(" ", "")
 
         # Extract service tag from message.ddtags if exists
-        if "service:" in extracted_ddtags:
-            event[DD_SERVICE] = next(
-                tag[8:]
-                for tag in extracted_ddtags.split(",")
-                if tag.startswith("service:")
-            )
+        service_tags = [
+            tag for tag in extracted_ddtags.split(",") if tag.startswith("service:")
+        ]
+        if service_tags:
+            event[DD_SERVICE] = service_tags[0][8:]
             event[DD_CUSTOM_TAGS] = ",".join(
                 [
                     tag
diff --git a/aws/logs_monitoring/tests/test_enrichment.py b/aws/logs_monitoring/tests/test_enrichment.py
index 88b1b3a6..d8b65be5 100644
--- a/aws/logs_monitoring/tests/test_enrichment.py
+++ b/aws/logs_monitoring/tests/test_enrichment.py
@@ -146,6 +146,31 @@ def test_extract_ddtags_handles_empty_spaces(self):
             "my_custom_service",
         )
 
+    def test_extract_ddtags_service_substring_not_prefix(self):
+        """Test that service tag extraction handles cases where 'service:' appears
+        as a substring but not as a tag prefix (e.g., in 'myservice:api').
+
+        Before the fix (old code):
+        - "service:" in extracted_ddtags would be True
+        - But next() would raise StopIteration since no tag starts with "service:"
+
+        After the fix (new code):
+        - List comprehension returns empty list when no tag starts with "service:"
+        - No exception is raised, service field is not set
+        """
+        loaded_message_tags = {"ddtags": "env:prod,myservice:api,foo:bar"}
+        event = {"message": loaded_message_tags, "ddtags": "custom_tag:value"}
+
+        extract_ddtags_from_message(event)
+
+        # Service should not be set since no tag actually starts with "service:"
+        self.assertNotIn("service", event)
+        # All tags should be preserved in the correct order
+        self.assertEqual(
+            event["ddtags"],
+            "custom_tag:value,env:prod,myservice:api,foo:bar",
+        )
+
 
 class TestExtractHostFromLogEvents(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_parse_source_cloudtrail(self):