diff --git a/drill/record.sh b/drill/record.sh
index 71bb2ae..26e0bd2 100644
--- a/drill/record.sh
+++ b/drill/record.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ drill_resolve_ref_sha() {
     $2 == "refs/tags/" ref "^{}" { peeled=$1 }
     $2 == "refs/heads/" ref { head=$1 }
     $2 == "refs/tags/" ref { tag=$1 }
-    END { if (peeled) print peeled; else if (head) print head; else if (tag) print tag }
+    END { if (peeled) print peeled; else if (tag) print tag; else if (head) print head }
   ')"
   [ -n "$sha" ] || return 1
   printf '%s\n' "$sha"
diff --git a/test/cli.sh b/test/cli.sh
index 8f1a2f9..65c2a65 100644
--- a/test/cli.sh
+++ b/test/cli.sh
@@ -3146,6 +3146,24 @@ check "drill record: default run ID joins version and UTC date" 0 "drill-0.9.1-2
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 check "drill record: an already exact ref stays exact" 0 "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567" \
   bash -c '. "$1/drill/record.sh"; drill_resolve_ref_sha repo 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567' _ "$ROOT"
+
+REF_FIXTURE="$DRILL_RECORD_DIR/ref-fixture"
+git init -q "$REF_FIXTURE"
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" config user.name fixture
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" config user.email fixture@example.invalid
+printf 'branch\n' > "$REF_FIXTURE/value"
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" add value
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" commit -qm branch
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" branch candidate
+printf 'tag\n' > "$REF_FIXTURE/value"
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" commit -qam tag
+git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" tag candidate
+TAG_SHA="$(git -C "$REF_FIXTURE" rev-parse 'refs/tags/candidate^{commit}')"
+# The installer tries a tag before a branch when both share a name, so the
+# record resolver must pin the same object rather than merely finding a ref.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+check "drill record: tag resolution matches the installer's tag-first channel" 0 "$TAG_SHA" \
+  bash -c '. "$1/drill/record.sh"; drill_resolve_ref_sha "$2" candidate' _ "$ROOT" "$REF_FIXTURE"
 check "drill: help names --emit-record" 0 "--emit-record <path>" bash "$ROOT/drill/drill.sh" --help
 check "drill: help names --run-id" 0 "--run-id <id>" bash "$ROOT/drill/drill.sh" --help
 check "drill: --emit-record needs a value before any mutation" 2 "--emit-record needs a value" \