diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts
index 774b0e4aee..52cbec75b7 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ export const addJavaScriptSourceModules = (
             semantic_role: "source-module",
             source_sha256: file.sha256,
             path: file.path,
-            container_sha256: file.container_sha256,
             logical_module_key: file.path,
             module_format: moduleFormat(file.path, semantic.ir),
             import_relationships: semantic.ir.moduleLinks.filter(
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptModuleRelationships.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptModuleRelationships.test.ts
index 3bdb8f6427..860424c6df 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptModuleRelationships.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascript-applications/javascriptModuleRelationships.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
 import { parseJavaScriptApplicationGraph } from "../../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationGraph.js";
+import { compareJavaScriptApplicationVersions } from "../../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationVersionComparison.js";
 
 import {
   findExportNode,
@@ -15,6 +16,70 @@ import {
   writeFixtureFiles,
 } from "../../../support/javascriptApplicationFixture.js";
 
+describe("cross-version source module identity", () => {
+  it("keeps a source module unchanged when only a sibling file changes", async () => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-source-module-sibling-");
+    const versions = await Promise.all(
+      ["left", "right"].map(async (name) => {
+        const path = join(root, name);
+        await writeFixtureFiles(path, {
+          "main.js": 'require("./util.js");\n',
+          "util.js": `module.exports = ${JSON.stringify(name)};\n`,
+        });
+        return reconstructJavaScriptFixture(path);
+      }),
+    );
+    const [left, right] = versions;
+    if (left === undefined || right === undefined)
+      throw new Error("Missing JavaScript application version");
+    const leftModule = findSourceModule(left.graph, "main.js");
+    const rightModule = findSourceModule(right.graph, "main.js");
+    if (leftModule === undefined || rightModule === undefined)
+      throw new Error("Missing main source module");
+    const leftObservation = leftModule.observations.find(
+      ({ properties }) => properties.semantic_role === "source-module",
+    );
+    const rightObservation = rightModule.observations.find(
+      ({ properties }) => properties.semantic_role === "source-module",
+    );
+    expect(leftObservation?.properties).not.toHaveProperty("container_sha256");
+    expect(rightObservation?.properties).not.toHaveProperty("container_sha256");
+    expect(leftObservation?.properties).toEqual(rightObservation?.properties);
+    expect(leftObservation?.properties.source_sha256).toBe(
+      rightObservation?.properties.source_sha256,
+    );
+
+    const comparison = compareJavaScriptApplicationVersions({
+      left: {
+        evidenceId: `ev_${"a".repeat(64)}`,
+        rootArtifactSha256: left.root_artifact_sha256,
+        graph: left.graph,
+      },
+      right: {
+        evidenceId: `ev_${"b".repeat(64)}`,
+        rootArtifactSha256: right.root_artifact_sha256,
+        graph: right.graph,
+      },
+      leftNativeEvidence: [],
+      rightNativeEvidence: [],
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      comparison.items.find(
+        ({ left_node_id }) => left_node_id === leftModule.node_id,
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      status: "unchanged",
+      right_node_id: rightModule.node_id,
+      match: {
+        status: "matched",
+        basis: "exact-module-source-digest",
+        confidence: "exact",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("TypeScript source module loader semantics", () => {
   it("publishes each source module's own content digest", async () => {
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-source-module-digest-");