diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/git/canonical/rules/test.rs b/crates/radicle/src/git/canonical/rules/test.rs
index 0e45d32d..07887b11 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/git/canonical/rules/test.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/git/canonical/rules/test.rs
@@ -551,3 +551,14 @@ fn matches_expands_globs_appropriately() {
         &git::fmt::qualified!("refs/heads/quarterly/hardened/15-stable/main/2026q2")
     ));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn matches_exactly_curly_braces() {
+    let exact = qualified_pattern!("refs/heads/{foo,bar}");
+    assert!(matches(
+        &exact,
+        &git::fmt::qualified!("refs/heads/{foo,bar}")
+    ));
+    assert!(!matches(&exact, &git::fmt::qualified!("refs/heads/foo")));
+    assert!(!matches(&exact, &git::fmt::qualified!("refs/heads/bar")));
+}