diff --git a/cmd/server/tests/audiobook_multifile_test.go b/cmd/server/tests/audiobook_multifile_test.go
index 2fa924b8..bfb629b9 100644
--- a/cmd/server/tests/audiobook_multifile_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server/tests/audiobook_multifile_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -411,7 +412,12 @@ func TestAudiobookTagFallbacks(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, item.Narrators, 1, "composer tag fills narrators (Audible convention)")
 	require.Equal(t, "Tag Narrator", item.Narrators[0])
 	require.Equal(t, "Tag Series", item.Series.String, "grouping tag fills series")
-	require.Equal(t, "Audiobook", item.Genre.String, "genre tag fills genre")
+	// 885d6140 demoted format words ("Audiobook") to tags-only: the
+	// genre column stays empty and the raw candidate lands in tags.
+	// (The commit message declares this test's update; the edit itself
+	// never landed — pinned to the demoted contract now.)
+	require.Empty(t, item.Genre.String, "demoted format words never win the genre column")
+	assert.Contains(t, item.Tags, "Audiobook", "the demoted candidate lands as a tag")
 	require.False(t, item.DatePublished.Time.IsZero(), "date tag fills publish date")
 	require.Equal(t, 2020, item.DatePublished.Time.Year())
 	// ASIN/abridged/subtitle arrive only through Audible freeform atoms,