diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py
index 3b637d85f147f..49c40e94389ed 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def _get_team_executor_configs(cls) -> list[tuple[str | None, list[str]]]:
         executor_config = conf.get_mandatory_value("core", "executor")
         if not executor_config:
             raise AirflowConfigException(
-                "The 'executor' key in the 'coe' section of the configuration is mandatory and cannot be empty"
+                "The 'executor' key in the 'core' section of the configuration is mandatory and cannot be empty"
             )
         configs: list[tuple[str | None, list[str]]] = []
         # The executor_config can look like a few things. One is just a single executor name, such as
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def _get_team_executor_configs(cls) -> list[tuple[str | None, list[str]]]:
                 # Split by comma to get the individual executor names and strip spaces off of them
                 configs.append((None, [name.strip() for name in team_executor_config.split(",")]))
             else:
+                cls.block_use_of_multi_team()
                 team_name, executor_names = team_executor_config.split("=")
                 configs.append((team_name, [name.strip() for name in executor_names.split(",")]))
         return configs
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/executors/test_executor_loader.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/executors/test_executor_loader.py
index e49db7d609bb1..d3495752880e7 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/executors/test_executor_loader.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/executors/test_executor_loader.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_empty_executor_configured(self):
         with conf_vars({("core", "executor"): ""}):
             with pytest.raises(
                 AirflowConfigException,
-                match="The 'executor' key in the 'coe' section of the configuration is mandatory and cannot be empty",
+                match="The 'executor' key in the 'core' section of the configuration is mandatory and cannot be empty",
             ):
                 executor_loader.ExecutorLoader.get_default_executor()
 
@@ -245,9 +245,20 @@ def test_should_support_custom_path(self):
         ],
     )
     def test_get_hybrid_executors_from_configs(self, executor_config, expected_executors_list):
-        with conf_vars({("core", "executor"): executor_config}):
-            executors = executor_loader.ExecutorLoader._get_executor_names()
-            assert executors == expected_executors_list
+        # Mock the blocking method for tests that involve actual team configurations
+        with mock.patch.object(executor_loader.ExecutorLoader, "block_use_of_multi_team"):
+            with conf_vars({("core", "executor"): executor_config}):
+                executors = executor_loader.ExecutorLoader._get_executor_names()
+                assert executors == expected_executors_list
+
+    def test_get_multi_team_executors_from_config_blocked_by_default(self):
+        """By default the use of multiple team based executors is blocked for now."""
+        with conf_vars({("core", "executor"): "=CeleryExecutor;team_a=CeleryExecutor;team_b=LocalExecutor"}):
+            with pytest.raises(
+                AirflowConfigException,
+                match=r".*Configuring multiple team based executors is not yet supported!.*",
+            ):
+                executor_loader.ExecutorLoader._get_executor_names()
 
     def test_init_executors(self):
         from airflow.providers.celery.executors.celery_executor import CeleryExecutor
diff --git a/devel-common/src/tests_common/test_utils/executor_loader.py b/devel-common/src/tests_common/test_utils/executor_loader.py
index f7dd98b726428..6374b381e1df5 100644
--- a/devel-common/src/tests_common/test_utils/executor_loader.py
+++ b/devel-common/src/tests_common/test_utils/executor_loader.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ def clean_executor_loader_module():
     """Clean the executor_loader state, as it stores global variables in the module, causing side effects for some tests."""
     executor_loader._alias_to_executors: dict[str, ExecutorName] = {}
     executor_loader._module_to_executors: dict[str, ExecutorName] = {}
-    executor_loader._team_id_to_executors: dict[str | None, ExecutorName] = {}
+    executor_loader._team_name_to_executors: dict[str | None, ExecutorName] = {}
     executor_loader._classname_to_executors: dict[str, ExecutorName] = {}
     executor_loader._executor_names: list[ExecutorName] = []