diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue
index 652c78aeeb..625f2ba36b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue
@@ -844,14 +844,7 @@ function dropTable() {
 
 async function refreshTableList(node: TreeNode) {
   if (!node.connectionId || !node.database) return;
-  const config = connectionStore.getConfig(node.connectionId);
-  if (config?.db_type === "sqlserver" && node.schema?.toLowerCase() === "dbo") {
-    await connectionStore.loadSqlServerDatabaseObjects(node.connectionId, node.database, { force: true });
-  } else if (node.schema) {
-    await connectionStore.loadTables(node.connectionId, node.database, node.schema, { force: true });
-  } else {
-    await connectionStore.loadTables(node.connectionId, node.database, undefined, { force: true });
-  }
+  await connectionStore.refreshObjectListTreeNode(node.connectionId, node.database, node.schema);
 }
 
 async function confirmDropTable() {
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/sidebarObjectRefresh.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/sidebarObjectRefresh.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df316d4839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-tests/sidebarObjectRefresh.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+const treeItemSource = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), "apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue"), "utf8");
+
+function extractRefreshTableListBody(): string {
+  const match = treeItemSource.match(/async function refreshTableList\(node: TreeNode\) \{([\s\S]*?)\n\}/);
+  assert.ok(match, "TreeItem.vue should define refreshTableList");
+  return match[1]!;
+}
+
+test("object mutations refresh through the expansion-preserving object list path", () => {
+  const body = extractRefreshTableListBody();
+
+  assert.match(body, /refreshObjectListTreeNode/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(body, /loadTables\(/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(body, /loadSqlServerDatabaseObjects\(/);
+});