diff -u b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d6_custom_block.yml b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d6_custom_block.yml
--- b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d6_custom_block.yml
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d6_custom_block.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   'body/value': body
 destination:
   plugin: entity:block_content
-  bundle: basic
+  default_bundle: basic
   no_stub: true
 migration_dependencies:
   required:
diff -u b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d7_custom_block.yml b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d7_custom_block.yml
--- b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d7_custom_block.yml
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/d7_custom_block.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   'body/value': body
 destination:
   plugin: entity:block_content
-  bundle: basic
+  default_bundle: basic
   no_stub: true
 migration_dependencies:
   required:
diff -u b/core/modules/menu_link_content/migration_templates/menu_links.yml b/core/modules/menu_link_content/migration_templates/menu_links.yml
--- b/core/modules/menu_link_content/migration_templates/menu_links.yml
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/migration_templates/menu_links.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   changed: updated
 destination:
   plugin: entity:menu_link_content
-  bundle: menu_link_content
+  default_bundle: menu_link_content
   no_stub: true
 migration_dependencies:
   required:
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php
@@ -89,13 +89,20 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Finds the entity bundle from configuration.
+   * Set the default entity bundle from configuration.
    *
-   * @return string
-   *   The entity bundle - empty string if the bundle was omitted.
+   * @param \Drupal\migrate\Row $row
+   *   The row object.
    */
-  protected function getEntityBundleId() {
-    return isset($this->configuration['bundle']) ? $this->configuration['bundle'] : '';
+  protected function getBundle(Row $row) {
+    $default_bundle = isset($this->configuration['default_bundle']) ? $this->configuration['default_bundle'] : '';
+    if ($default_bundle) {
+      $bundle_key = $this->getKey('bundle');
+      // Apply the default bundle if the bundle has not already been set.
+      if (empty($row->getDestinationProperty($bundle_key))) {
+        $row->setDestinationProperty($bundle_key, $default_bundle);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -122,11 +129,7 @@
       $this->updateEntity($entity, $row);
     }
     else {
-      $bundle_key = $this->getKey('bundle');
-      // Apply any configured bundle if the bundle has not already been set.
-      if (($bundle = $this->getEntityBundleId()) && empty($row->getDestinationProperty($bundle_key))) {
-        $row->setDestinationProperty($bundle_key, $bundle);
-      }
+      $this->getBundle($row);
 
       // Stubs might need some required fields filled in.
       if ($row->isStub()) {
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateBundleTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateBundleTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateBundleTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateBundleTest.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = ['field', 'taxonomy', 'text'];
+  public static $modules = ['taxonomy', 'text'];
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       ],
       'destination' => [
         'plugin' => 'entity:taxonomy_term',
-        'bundle' => 'categories',
+        'default_bundle' => 'categories',
       ],
       'migration_dependencies' => [],
     ];
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       'destination' => [
         'plugin' => 'entity:taxonomy_term',
         // When no vocab is provided, the destination bundle is applied.
-        'bundle' => 'tags',
+        'default_bundle' => 'tags',
       ],
       'migration_dependencies' => [],
     ];
diff -u b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D6NodeDeriver.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D6NodeDeriver.php
--- b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D6NodeDeriver.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D6NodeDeriver.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
           '@type' => $node_type,
         ]);
         $values['source']['node_type'] = $node_type;
-        $values['destination']['bundle'] = $node_type;
+        $values['destination']['default_bundle'] = $node_type;
 
         // If this migration is based on the d6_node_revision migration, it
         // should explicitly depend on the corresponding d6_node variant.
diff -u b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D7NodeDeriver.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D7NodeDeriver.php
--- b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D7NodeDeriver.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/D7NodeDeriver.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
           '@type' => $row->getSourceProperty('name'),
         ]);
         $values['source']['node_type'] = $node_type;
-        $values['destination']['bundle'] = $node_type;
+        $values['destination']['default_bundle'] = $node_type;
 
         $migration = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.migration')->createStubMigration($values);
         if (isset($fields[$node_type])) {