diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-api-java-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/java/StreamTableEnvironment.java b/flink-table/flink-table-api-java-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/java/StreamTableEnvironment.java
index e580efc635726a..488fd823dd35e9 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-table-api-java-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/java/StreamTableEnvironment.java
+++ b/flink-table/flink-table-api-java-bridge/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/java/StreamTableEnvironment.java
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 package org.apache.flink.table.api.bridge.java;
 
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.RuntimeExecutionMode;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeInformation;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.Types;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.CompositeType;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
+import org.apache.flink.configuration.ExecutionOptions;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
@@ -88,7 +90,12 @@ public interface StreamTableEnvironment extends TableEnvironment {
      *     TableEnvironment}.
      */
     static StreamTableEnvironment create(StreamExecutionEnvironment executionEnvironment) {
-        return create(executionEnvironment, EnvironmentSettings.newInstance().build());
+        final EnvironmentSettings.Builder settingsBuilder = EnvironmentSettings.newInstance();
+        if (executionEnvironment.getConfiguration().get(ExecutionOptions.RUNTIME_MODE)
+                == RuntimeExecutionMode.BATCH) {
+            settingsBuilder.inBatchMode();
+        }
+        return create(executionEnvironment, settingsBuilder.build());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-api-scala-bridge/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/scala/StreamTableEnvironment.scala b/flink-table/flink-table-api-scala-bridge/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/scala/StreamTableEnvironment.scala
index a0d3df3338ae50..4f81118c292aed 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-table-api-scala-bridge/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/scala/StreamTableEnvironment.scala
+++ b/flink-table/flink-table-api-scala-bridge/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/api/bridge/scala/StreamTableEnvironment.scala
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 package org.apache.flink.table.api.bridge.scala
 
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.RuntimeExecutionMode
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeInformation
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.CompositeType
+import org.apache.flink.configuration.ExecutionOptions
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment
 import org.apache.flink.table.api.{TableEnvironment, _}
@@ -833,7 +835,14 @@ object StreamTableEnvironment {
    *   The Scala [[StreamExecutionEnvironment]] of the [[TableEnvironment]].
    */
   def create(executionEnvironment: StreamExecutionEnvironment): StreamTableEnvironment = {
-    create(executionEnvironment, EnvironmentSettings.newInstance().build)
+    val settingsBuilder = EnvironmentSettings.newInstance()
+    if (
+      executionEnvironment.getConfiguration.get(ExecutionOptions.RUNTIME_MODE) ==
+        RuntimeExecutionMode.BATCH
+    ) {
+      settingsBuilder.inBatchMode()
+    }
+    create(executionEnvironment, settingsBuilder.build)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/runtime/stream/table/StreamTableEnvironmentRuntimeModeTest.java b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/runtime/stream/table/StreamTableEnvironmentRuntimeModeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..99dbcba266fcac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/runtime/stream/table/StreamTableEnvironmentRuntimeModeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.runtime.stream.table;
+
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.RuntimeExecutionMode;
+import org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.flink.configuration.ExecutionOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.bridge.java.StreamTableEnvironment;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that {@link StreamTableEnvironment#create(StreamExecutionEnvironment)} inherits the runtime
+ * execution mode from the given {@link StreamExecutionEnvironment} instead of always defaulting to
+ * streaming (FLINK-39014).
+ */
+class StreamTableEnvironmentRuntimeModeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testCreateInheritsBatchRuntimeMode() {
+        final Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+        configuration.set(ExecutionOptions.RUNTIME_MODE, RuntimeExecutionMode.BATCH);
+        final StreamExecutionEnvironment env =
+                StreamExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment(configuration);
+
+        final StreamTableEnvironment tEnv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(env);
+
+        assertThat(tEnv.getConfig().get(ExecutionOptions.RUNTIME_MODE))
+                .isEqualTo(RuntimeExecutionMode.BATCH);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCreateDefaultsToStreamingRuntimeMode() {
+        final StreamExecutionEnvironment env = StreamExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
+
+        final StreamTableEnvironment tEnv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(env);
+
+        assertThat(tEnv.getConfig().get(ExecutionOptions.RUNTIME_MODE))
+                .isEqualTo(RuntimeExecutionMode.STREAMING);
+    }
+}