diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli/src/__tests__/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.generator.test.ts b/packages/amplify-cli/src/__tests__/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.generator.test.ts
index 7e6025bafc1..a15cfc75922 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli/src/__tests__/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.generator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli/src/__tests__/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.generator.test.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,86 @@ describe('AuthGenerator', () => {
       `);
   });
 
+  it('generates phone login when email verification is disabled', async () => {
+    const gen1App = await createGen1App({
+      providers: { awscloudformation: { StackName: 'amplify-test-main-123456', Region: 'us-east-1' } },
+      auth: {
+        testAuth: {
+          service: 'Cognito',
+          output: {
+            UserPoolId: 'us-east-1_abc123',
+            AppClientIDWeb: 'webclient123',
+            AppClientID: 'client123',
+            IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-1:idpool',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    jest.spyOn(gen1App.aws, 'fetchUserPool').mockResolvedValue({
+      AutoVerifiedAttributes: ['phone_number'],
+      UsernameAttributes: ['phone_number'],
+      SchemaAttributes: [{ Name: 'email', Required: true, Mutable: true }],
+    });
+    jest.spyOn(gen1App.aws, 'fetchMfaConfig').mockResolvedValue({});
+    jest.spyOn(gen1App.aws, 'fetchUserPoolClient').mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    jest.spyOn(gen1App.aws, 'fetchIdentityProviders').mockResolvedValue([]);
+    jest.spyOn(gen1App.aws, 'fetchIdentityGroups').mockResolvedValue([]);
+    jest.spyOn(gen1App.aws, 'fetchIdentityPool').mockResolvedValue({
+      IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-1:idpool',
+      IdentityPoolName: 'test-pool',
+      AllowUnauthenticatedIdentities: true,
+    });
+
+    const generator = new AuthGenerator(gen1App, backendGenerator, outputDir, authResource);
+    const ops = await generator.plan();
+    await ops[0].execute();
+    expect(writtenFile('auth/resource.ts')).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "import { defineAuth } from '@aws-amplify/backend';
+        import { CfnResource } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+        import type { Backend } from '../backend';
+
+        export const auth = defineAuth({
+          loginWith: {
+            phone: true,
+          },
+          userAttributes: {
+            email: {
+              required: true,
+              mutable: true,
+            },
+          },
+          multifactor: {
+            mode: 'OFF',
+          },
+        });
+
+        export function applyEscapeHatches(backend: Backend) {
+          const cfnUserPool = backend.auth.resources.cfnResources.cfnUserPool;
+          cfnUserPool.usernameAttributes = ['phone_number'];
+          cfnUserPool.policies = {
+            passwordPolicy: {},
+          };
+          for (const cfnResource of backend.auth.stack.node
+            .findAll()
+            .filter(
+              (c) =>
+                CfnResource.isCfnResource(c) &&
+                [
+                  'AWS::Cognito::UserPool',
+                  'AWS::Cognito::IdentityPool',
+                  'AWS::Cognito::UserPoolClient',
+                  'AWS::Cognito::IdentityPoolRoleAttachment',
+                  'AWS::Cognito::UserPoolGroup',
+                ].includes(c.cfnResourceType)
+            )) {
+            (cfnResource as CfnResource).addOverride('UpdateReplacePolicy', 'Retain');
+            (cfnResource as CfnResource).addOverride('DeletionPolicy', 'Retain');
+          }
+        }
+        "
+      `);
+  });
+
   it('generates email with verification options', async () => {
     const gen1App = await createGen1App({
       providers: { awscloudformation: { StackName: 'amplify-test-main-123456', Region: 'us-east-1' } },
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli/src/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.renderer.ts b/packages/amplify-cli/src/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.renderer.ts
index 8b54fba339a..297574423ac 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli/src/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli/src/commands/gen2-migration/generate/amplify/auth/auth.renderer.ts
@@ -641,18 +641,27 @@ export class AuthRenderer {
     const logInWith = factory.createIdentifier('loginWith');
     const assignments: ts.ObjectLiteralElementLike[] = [];
 
-    const emailOptions =
-      options.userPool.EmailVerificationMessage || options.userPool.EmailVerificationSubject
-        ? {
-            emailVerificationBody: options.userPool.EmailVerificationMessage ?? '',
-            emailVerificationSubject: options.userPool.EmailVerificationSubject ?? '',
-          }
-        : undefined;
+    const autoVerified = options.userPool.AutoVerifiedAttributes ?? [];
+    const isPhoneOnlyVerification = autoVerified.includes('phone_number') && !autoVerified.includes('email');
 
-    if (emailOptions) {
-      assignments.push(factory.createPropertyAssignment(factory.createIdentifier('email'), this.createEmailDefinitionObject(emailOptions)));
+    if (isPhoneOnlyVerification) {
+      assignments.push(factory.createPropertyAssignment(factory.createIdentifier('phone'), factory.createTrue()));
     } else {
-      assignments.push(factory.createPropertyAssignment(factory.createIdentifier('email'), factory.createTrue()));
+      const emailOptions =
+        options.userPool.EmailVerificationMessage || options.userPool.EmailVerificationSubject
+          ? {
+              emailVerificationBody: options.userPool.EmailVerificationMessage ?? '',
+              emailVerificationSubject: options.userPool.EmailVerificationSubject ?? '',
+            }
+          : undefined;
+
+      if (emailOptions) {
+        assignments.push(
+          factory.createPropertyAssignment(factory.createIdentifier('email'), this.createEmailDefinitionObject(emailOptions)),
+        );
+      } else {
+        assignments.push(factory.createPropertyAssignment(factory.createIdentifier('email'), factory.createTrue()));
+      }
     }
 
     const externalProviders = AuthRenderer.deriveExternalProviders(options.identityProviders);