diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/cli/cmd-ci.test.mts b/packages/cli/test/integration/cli/cmd-ci.test.mts
index d68ab728fd..8409937a28 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/cli/cmd-ci.test.mts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/cli/cmd-ci.test.mts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('socket ci', async () => {
 
           Details:
             autoManifest: false
-            branchName: "main"
+            branchName: "[BRANCH]"
             cwd: "[PROJECT]"
             organizationSlug: "(from API token)"
             repoName: "socket-cli"
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.mts b/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.mts
index 8429910104..e301366213 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.mts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.mts
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ interface ScrubOptions {
    * Scrub IP addresses (default: true).
    */
   ipAddresses?: boolean | undefined
+  /**
+   * Scrub git branch names in dry-run details (default: true).
+   */
+  branches?: boolean | undefined
   /**
    * Scrub email addresses (default: false - usually stable in mocks).
    */
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ export function scrubSnapshotData(
   options: ScrubOptions = {},
 ): string {
   const {
+    branches = true,
     custom = [],
     emails = false,
     ids = true,
@@ -149,7 +154,26 @@ export function scrubSnapshotData(
     )
   }
 
-  // Phase 7: Custom patterns.
+  // Phase 7: Git branch names in dry-run details.
+  if (branches) {
+    // The CLI resolves the branch from the ambient git checkout
+    // (`git symbolic-ref`) or the CI env (GITHUB_HEAD_REF / GITHUB_REF_NAME),
+    // so the rendered `branchName: "…"` is whatever branch the test happens to
+    // run on — "main" on a main push, the PR head branch on a PR build, the
+    // local feature branch when run from a worktree, or a short commit hash on
+    // a detached HEAD with no CI env. Pin it so the snapshot is branch-agnostic
+    // (this test failed on every non-main PR before). The branch-resolution
+    // logic itself stays covered by the unit tests that mock `gitBranch`
+    // (handle-ci / cmd-ci unit specs). Only matches the human-readable details
+    // form (`branchName: "…"`, space after the unquoted key), not JSON output
+    // (`"branchName":"…"`).
+    scrubbed = scrubbed.replace(
+      /branchName: "[^"]*"/g,
+      'branchName: "[BRANCH]"',
+    )
+  }
+
+  // Phase 8: Custom patterns.
   for (const { pattern, replacement } of custom) {
     scrubbed = scrubbed.replace(pattern, replacement)
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.test.mts b/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.test.mts
index c4a768a1fa..521ed11a60 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.test.mts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/util/scrub-snapshot-data.test.mts
@@ -173,6 +173,38 @@ describe('scrubSnapshotData', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('git branch names', () => {
+    it('should scrub the auto-detected branch name in dry-run details', () => {
+      const input = '  branchName: "main"'
+      const result = scrubSnapshotData(input)
+      expect(result).toBe('  branchName: "[BRANCH]"')
+    })
+
+    it('should scrub a feature branch name with slashes', () => {
+      const input = '  branchName: "fix/cmd-ci-branch-snapshot"'
+      const result = scrubSnapshotData(input)
+      expect(result).toBe('  branchName: "[BRANCH]"')
+    })
+
+    it('should scrub a detached-HEAD commit-hash fallback', () => {
+      const input = '  branchName: "a0211c9"'
+      const result = scrubSnapshotData(input)
+      expect(result).toBe('  branchName: "[BRANCH]"')
+    })
+
+    it('should not scrub JSON-form branchName (quoted key)', () => {
+      const input = '"branchName":"develop"'
+      const result = scrubSnapshotData(input)
+      expect(result).toBe('"branchName":"develop"')
+    })
+
+    it('should preserve branch names when disabled', () => {
+      const input = '  branchName: "main"'
+      const result = scrubSnapshotData(input, { branches: false })
+      expect(result).toBe('  branchName: "main"')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('custom patterns', () => {
     it('should apply custom scrubbing patterns', () => {
       const input = 'API key: abc-123-def and token: xyz-456-uvw'