diff --git a/internal/postprocess/normalize.go b/internal/postprocess/normalize.go
index 3e3a75dc..7109e383 100644
--- a/internal/postprocess/normalize.go
+++ b/internal/postprocess/normalize.go
@@ -122,21 +122,12 @@ func computeMoveRetention(src, dst *treesitter.ASTNode, ms *engine.Mapping, r *r
 	return effectiveSurviving / float64(nMax)
 }
 
-// isStationaryMove reports whether a Move stayed in place across transparent
-// wrappers (such as template_declaration or friend_declaration) or expression shifts.
+// isStationaryMove reports whether a move stayed in place, accounting for transparent
+// wrappers, expression shifts, and container provenance.
 func isStationaryMove(node, dstNode *treesitter.ASTNode, ms *engine.Mapping, r *rules.Rules) bool {
 	if node == nil || dstNode == nil || node.Parent == nil || dstNode.Parent == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	hasPos := (node.EndByte > 0 || node.StartRow > 0 || node.EndRow > 0) &&
-		(dstNode.EndByte > 0 || dstNode.StartRow > 0 || dstNode.EndRow > 0)
-	if hasPos && node.StartRow == dstNode.StartRow && node.EndRow == dstNode.EndRow &&
-		node.StartCol == dstNode.StartCol && node.EndCol == dstNode.EndCol {
-		if sameScopeDeclaration(node, dstNode, ms, r) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
 	srcParent := node.Parent
 	dstParent := dstNode.Parent
 
@@ -149,6 +140,23 @@ func isStationaryMove(node, dstNode *treesitter.ASTNode, ms *engine.Mapping, r *
 		return true
 	}
 
+	hasPos := (node.EndByte > 0 || node.StartRow > 0 || node.EndRow > 0) &&
+		(dstNode.EndByte > 0 || dstNode.StartRow > 0 || dstNode.EndRow > 0)
+	if hasPos && node.StartRow == dstNode.StartRow && node.EndRow == dstNode.EndRow &&
+		node.StartCol == dstNode.StartCol && node.EndCol == dstNode.EndCol {
+		if sameScopeDeclaration(node, dstNode, ms, r) {
+			// Not stationary if moved across distinct containers, like when dstParent
+			// came from an old container that never held this node.
+			if mappedDstParent := ms.Dst()[dstParent]; mappedDstParent != nil && !mappedDstParent.Contains(node) {
+				return false
+			}
+			if mappedSrcParent := ms.Src()[srcParent]; mappedSrcParent != nil && !mappedSrcParent.Contains(dstNode) {
+				return false
+			}
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
 	sameLine := node.StartRow == dstNode.StartRow
 
 	// Walk up past transparent wrappers to find the enclosing container.
diff --git a/internal/postprocess/normalize_test.go b/internal/postprocess/normalize_test.go
index bbf63182..1b4b5116 100644
--- a/internal/postprocess/normalize_test.go
+++ b/internal/postprocess/normalize_test.go
@@ -3252,3 +3252,50 @@ func isDeclarationHeader(n *treesitter.ASTNode, r *rules.Rules) bool {
 		t.Errorf("expected binary_expression move to be demoted after descendants were evicted, but found an active Move")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNormalizeStationaryMove_CrossContainerCoordinateCollisionPreservesMove(t *testing.T) {
+	// Don't drop a move as stationary if coordinates match only because an item moved
+	// into an adjacent container that landed on the item's old row and column.
+	src := []byte(`package rules
+
+var rules = &Rules{
+	TagElements: []string{
+		"jsx_element",
+	},
+	Tags: []string{
+		"jsx_opening_element",
+		"jsx_closing_element",
+	},
+}
+`)
+	dst := []byte(`package rules
+
+var rules = &Rules{
+	Tags: []string{
+		"jsx_element",
+		"jsx_opening_element",
+		"jsx_closing_element",
+	},
+}
+`)
+
+	srcAST, err := treesitter.Parse(src, "rules.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to parse src: %v", err)
+	}
+	dstAST, err := treesitter.Parse(dst, "rules.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to parse dst: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	matchResult := engine.Match(srcAST, dstAST, src, dst, nil)
+	script := actions.GenerateEditScript(srcAST, dstAST, matchResult.Mappings)
+	normalized := Run(script, matchResult.Mappings, srcAST, dstAST)
+
+	hasMove := slices.ContainsFunc(normalized.Actions(), func(a actions.Action) bool {
+		return a.Type == actions.Move && a.Node != nil && (a.Node.Label == `"jsx_element"` || (len(a.Node.Children) > 0 && a.Node.Children[0].Label == `"jsx_element"`))
+	})
+	if !hasMove {
+		t.Errorf("expected Move action on \"jsx_element\" to be preserved across containers despite coordinate collision, but none found")
+	}
+}