diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bbd653af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  createJavaScriptApplicationEdge,
+  createJavaScriptApplicationGraph,
+  createJavaScriptApplicationNode,
+  type JavaScriptApplicationGraph,
+} from "./javascriptApplicationGraph.js";
+import {
+  artifactEvidence,
+  completeCoverage,
+} from "./javascriptApplicationGraph.fixture.js";
+import { compareJavaScriptApplicationVersions } from "./javascriptApplicationVersionComparison.js";
+
+const LEFT_SHA = "a".repeat(64);
+const RIGHT_SHA = "b".repeat(64);
+
+const digest = (value: number): string => value.toString(16).padStart(64, "0");
+
+const buildGraph = (
+  artifactSha: string,
+  changed: number,
+): JavaScriptApplicationGraph => {
+  const nodes = ["a", "b", "c", "d"].map((name, index) =>
+    createJavaScriptApplicationNode({
+      kind: "javascript-module",
+      identity: {
+        strategy: "canonical-path",
+        stability: "artifact-version",
+        artifact_sha256: artifactSha,
+        path: `${name}.js`,
+      },
+      observations: [
+        {
+          label: `${name}.js`,
+          properties: {
+            structural_fingerprint_sha256: digest(index + 1),
+            structural_fingerprint_algorithm: "fixture",
+            source_sha256: digest(index === 1 || index === 3 ? changed : 0),
+          },
+          evidence: artifactEvidence(artifactSha, `${name}.js`),
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+  );
+  const [a, b] = nodes;
+  if (a === undefined || b === undefined)
+    throw new Error("Missing fixture node");
+  return createJavaScriptApplicationGraph({
+    schema: "JavaScriptApplicationGraph",
+    root_node_ids: [a.node_id],
+    nodes,
+    edges: [
+      createJavaScriptApplicationEdge({
+        source_node_id: a.node_id,
+        target_node_id: b.node_id,
+        relation: "imports",
+        properties: {},
+        evidence: artifactEvidence(artifactSha, "a.js"),
+      }),
+    ],
+    coverage: completeCoverage,
+    limitations: [],
+  });
+};
+
+describe("application change graph", () => {
+  it("anchors each changed_from edge to its own right-hand observation", () => {
+    const left = buildGraph(LEFT_SHA, 1);
+    const right = buildGraph(RIGHT_SHA, 2);
+    const result = compareJavaScriptApplicationVersions({
+      left: {
+        evidenceId: `ev_${"1".repeat(64)}`,
+        rootArtifactSha256: LEFT_SHA,
+        graph: left,
+      },
+      right: {
+        evidenceId: `ev_${"2".repeat(64)}`,
+        rootArtifactSha256: RIGHT_SHA,
+        graph: right,
+      },
+      leftNativeEvidence: [],
+      rightNativeEvidence: [],
+    });
+    const changedFrom = result.graph.edges.filter(
+      ({ relation }) => relation === "changed_from",
+    );
+    expect(changedFrom).toHaveLength(2);
+    for (const edge of changedFrom) {
+      const source = right.nodes.find(
+        ({ node_id: id }) => id === edge.source_node_id,
+      );
+      const target = left.nodes.find(
+        ({ node_id: id }) => id === edge.target_node_id,
+      );
+      expect(source?.observations[0]?.label).toBe(
+        target?.observations[0]?.label,
+      );
+      expect(edge.evidence.artifact).toEqual(
+        source?.observations[0]?.evidence.artifact,
+      );
+      expect(edge.evidence.location).toEqual(
+        source?.observations[0]?.evidence.location,
+      );
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.ts
index 4c80b3204..134fff520 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationChangeGraph.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ export const buildJavaScriptApplicationChangeGraph = (
     ({ source_node_id: source, target_node_id: target }) =>
       retained.has(source) && retained.has(target),
   );
+  const leftById = new Map(
+    input.left.nodes.map((node) => [node.node_id, node]),
+  );
+  const rightById = new Map(
+    input.right.nodes.map((node) => [node.node_id, node]),
+  );
   const comparisonEdges = input.items.flatMap((item) =>
-    changedFromEdge(item, input, retained),
+    changedFromEdge(item, input, retained, leftById, rightById),
   );
   const candidateEdges = uniqueEdges([...sourceEdges, ...comparisonEdges]);
   const rootNodeIds = preferredRoots.filter((nodeId) => retained.has(nodeId));
@@ -104,6 +110,8 @@ const changedFromEdge = (
   item: ApplicationVersionComparisonItem,
   input: ChangeGraphInput,
   retained: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  leftById: ReadonlyMap<string, ApplicationNode>,
+  rightById: ReadonlyMap<string, ApplicationNode>,
 ): ApplicationEdge[] => {
   const left = item.left_node_id;
   const right = item.right_node_id;
@@ -117,7 +125,12 @@ const changedFromEdge = (
     !retained.has(right)
   )
     return [];
-  const evidence = comparisonEvidence(item, input);
+  const evidence = comparisonEvidence(
+    item,
+    input,
+    leftById.get(left),
+    rightById.get(right),
+  );
   return [
     createJavaScriptApplicationEdge({
       source_node_id: right,
@@ -138,13 +151,9 @@ const changedFromEdge = (
 const comparisonEvidence = (
   item: ApplicationVersionComparisonItem,
   input: ChangeGraphInput,
+  left: ApplicationNode | undefined,
+  right: ApplicationNode | undefined,
 ): ApplicationGraphEvidence => {
-  const right = input.right.nodes.find(
-    ({ node_id: id }) => id === item.right_node_id,
-  );
-  const left = input.left.nodes.find(
-    ({ node_id: id }) => id === item.left_node_id,
-  );
   const source =
     right?.observations[0]?.evidence ?? left?.observations[0]?.evidence;
   const complete =