diff --git a/tests/test_issue23_24_startup_path.py b/tests/test_issue23_24_startup_path.py
index ddcdac6..71addd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue23_24_startup_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue23_24_startup_path.py
@@ -296,9 +296,10 @@ def test_s11_this_branch_does_not_change_the_generated_shim(mam_sandbox):
     lib.sh materialises into $WORKSPACE_ROOT/.mam/shim/herdr. That file is
     shared by every checkout bound to one control plane, so keeping it
     byte-identical to base is what makes "the control plane is not modified"
-    true at runtime."""
+    true at runtime. Issue #45 changed the heredoc on purpose (the bootstrap
+    starts the server with restore-on-restart off), so the base is that commit."""
     repo = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-    base = os.environ.get("MAM_BASE_SHA", "1e78dae")
+    base = os.environ.get("MAM_BASE_SHA", "ed73f67")
     show = subprocess.run(["git", "show", "%s:.agents/skills/lib.sh" % base],
                           capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=repo)
     if show.returncode != 0: