diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue
index 7936f80cb6..4643204f61 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
 });
 
 watch(
-  () => [props.connection.id, props.database, props.schema] as const,
+  [() => props.connection.id, () => props.database, () => props.schema],
   async () => {
     selectedSchema.value = props.schema;
     userHasSelectedFilter.value = false;
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/objectBrowserContextWatch.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/objectBrowserContextWatch.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f37455cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/objectBrowserContextWatch.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { nextTick, ref, watch } from "vue";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+const objectBrowserSource = readFileSync(new URL("../../../components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+
+describe("ObjectBrowser context watcher", () => {
+  it("watches context fields independently", () => {
+    expect(objectBrowserSource).toContain("[() => props.connection.id, () => props.database, () => props.schema]");
+    expect(objectBrowserSource).not.toContain("() => [props.connection.id, props.database, props.schema]");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores connection object replacement when the context values stay unchanged", async () => {
+    const connection = ref({ id: "connection-1" });
+    const database = ref("database-1");
+    const schema = ref<string | undefined>("public");
+    let reloads = 0;
+    const stop = watch([() => connection.value.id, () => database.value, () => schema.value], () => reloads++);
+
+    connection.value = { id: "connection-1" };
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(reloads).toBe(0);
+
+    schema.value = "audit";
+    await nextTick();
+    expect(reloads).toBe(1);
+    stop();
+  });
+});