diff --git a/pkg/models/project_test.go b/pkg/models/project_test.go
index 59da28d7c..f60b55e77 100644
--- a/pkg/models/project_test.go
+++ b/pkg/models/project_test.go
@@ -591,12 +591,15 @@ func TestProject_ReadAll(t *testing.T) {
 		if db.ParadeDBAvailable() {
 			// ParadeDB fuzzy(1, prefix=true) on "TEST10" also matches
 			// "test1", "test11", "test19", "test30" (edit distance 1), etc.
-			require.Len(t, ls, 6)
+			// The recursive CTE also pulls in project 43 as a child of the
+			// matched project 10 (reparent-escalation fixture).
+			require.Len(t, ls, 7)
 			projectIDs := make([]int64, len(ls))
 			for i, p := range ls {
 				projectIDs[i] = p.ID
 			}
 			assert.Contains(t, projectIDs, int64(10))
+			assert.Contains(t, projectIDs, int64(43))
 			assert.Contains(t, projectIDs, int64(-1))
 		} else {
 			// Expect project 10 (the search target), project 43 (its child —