diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md
index 1697989556fd0..ad0aead635476 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+7.2
+---
+
+ * Allow overriding prototyped array nodes with using `!`
+
 7.1
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ArrayNode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ArrayNode.php
index 15ad478623ea6..7336fbcb9c385 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ArrayNode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ArrayNode.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  */
 class ArrayNode extends BaseNode implements PrototypeNodeInterface
 {
+    private const OVERRIDE_OPERATOR = '!';
+
     protected array $xmlRemappings = [];
     protected array $children = [];
     protected bool $allowFalse = false;
@@ -344,6 +346,13 @@ protected function mergeValues(mixed $leftSide, mixed $rightSide): mixed
         }
 
         foreach ($rightSide as $k => $v) {
+            if (str_starts_with($k, self::OVERRIDE_OPERATOR)) {
+                $keyWithoutOverrideOperator = ltrim($k, self::OVERRIDE_OPERATOR);
+
+                $leftSide[$keyWithoutOverrideOperator] = $v;
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // no conflict
             if (!\array_key_exists($k, $leftSide)) {
                 if (!$this->allowNewKeys) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/PrototypedArrayNode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/PrototypedArrayNode.php
index a11e726384315..5d1f64464331e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/PrototypedArrayNode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/PrototypedArrayNode.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 class PrototypedArrayNode extends ArrayNode
 {
+    private const OVERRIDE_OPERATOR = '!';
+
     protected PrototypeNodeInterface $prototype;
     protected ?string $keyAttribute = null;
     protected bool $removeKeyAttribute = false;
@@ -259,6 +261,14 @@ protected function mergeValues(mixed $leftSide, mixed $rightSide): mixed
 
         $isList = array_is_list($rightSide);
         foreach ($rightSide as $k => $v) {
+            // key starts with the '!' operator, so we override the left side
+            if (str_starts_with($k, self::OVERRIDE_OPERATOR)) {
+                $keyWithoutOverrideOperator = ltrim($k, self::OVERRIDE_OPERATOR);
+
+                $leftSide[$keyWithoutOverrideOperator] = $v;
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // prototype, and key is irrelevant there are no named keys, append the element
             if (null === $this->keyAttribute && $isList) {
                 $leftSide[] = $v;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/PrototypedArrayNodeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/PrototypedArrayNodeTest.php
index abf0de7771627..6f9960f11dad4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/PrototypedArrayNodeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/PrototypedArrayNodeTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\ArrayNode;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\TreeBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\PrototypedArrayNode;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\ScalarNode;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\VariableNode;
@@ -354,6 +355,70 @@ public function testPrototypedArrayNodeMerge(array $left, array $right, array $e
         self::assertSame($result, $expected);
     }
 
+    public function testOverridingPrototypedArrayNodeWithBangOperator(): void
+    {
+        $treeBuilder = new TreeBuilder('root');
+        $rootNode = $treeBuilder->getRootNode();
+
+        $rootNode
+            ->children()
+                ->arrayNode('workflows')
+                    ->useAttributeAsKey('name')
+                    ->prototype('array')
+                        ->children()
+                            ->arrayNode('from')
+                                ->prototype('scalar')->end()
+                            ->end()
+                        ->end()
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
+            ->end()
+        ;
+
+        $builtTree = $treeBuilder->buildTree();
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            [
+                'workflows' => [
+                    'workflow_a' => [
+                        'from' => ['a', 'b'],
+                    ],
+                    'workflow_b' => [
+                        'from' => ['b', 'c'],
+                    ],
+                    'workflow_c' => [
+                        'from' => ['x', 'd'],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+            $builtTree->merge(
+                [
+                    'workflows' => [
+                        'workflow_a' => [
+                            'from' => ['a', 'b'],
+                        ],
+                        'workflow_b' => [
+                            'from' => ['c', 'd'],
+                        ],
+                        'workflow_c' => [
+                            'from' => ['d', 'e'],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'workflows' => [
+                        '!workflow_b' => [
+                            'from' => ['b', 'c'],
+                        ],
+                        'workflow_c' => [
+                            '!from' => ['x', 'd'],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
     public static function getPrototypedArrayNodeDataToMerge(): array
     {
         return [