diff --git a/Sources/Sidebar/SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView.swift b/Sources/Sidebar/SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView.swift
index f4caec2ac541..65db9e6ccbed 100644
--- a/Sources/Sidebar/SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Sidebar/SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ final class SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView: NSView {
     /// destination by registered type and geometry, not `hitTest`, and a
     /// workspace row drag also carries the Bonsplit pane-merge capability, so
     /// this view receives row reorders and hands them to that destination.
-    weak var reorderDestination: NSView?
+    weak var reorderDestination: SidebarWorkspaceReorderDropView?
     var canPerformAction: (SidebarDropPlanner.WorkspaceDropAction, BonsplitTabDragPayload.Transfer) -> Bool = { _, _ in false }
     var updateAutoscroll: () -> Void = {}
     var setWorkspaceDropTargetCollectionActive: (Bool) -> Void = { _ in }
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ final class SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView: NSView {
     override var acceptsFirstResponder: Bool { false }
 
     override func draggingEnded(_ sender: any NSDraggingInfo) {
-        if let reorder = reorderDestination(for: sender) { return reorder.draggingEnded(sender) }
+        // The reorder view does not implement `draggingEnded:`; forwarding it
+        // would raise an unrecognized selector.
+        if reorderDestination(for: sender) != nil { return }
         ownershipFeedback.clear()
     }
 
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@ final class SidebarBonsplitTabWorkspaceDropView: NSView {
     }
 
     /// The reorder destination when the drag is a sidebar workspace row.
-    private func reorderDestination(for sender: (any NSDraggingInfo)?) -> NSView? {
+    private func reorderDestination(for sender: (any NSDraggingInfo)?) -> SidebarWorkspaceReorderDropView? {
         guard let reorderDestination else { return nil }
         let types = (sender?.draggingPasteboard ?? NSPasteboard(name: .drag)).types
         return DragOverlayRoutingPolicy.hasSidebarTabReorder(types) ? reorderDestination : nil
diff --git a/cmuxTests/SidebarWorkspaceReorderDropOverlayHitTestingTests.swift b/cmuxTests/SidebarWorkspaceReorderDropOverlayHitTestingTests.swift
index 33e9f8e0062a..ebbdd98b6699 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/SidebarWorkspaceReorderDropOverlayHitTestingTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/SidebarWorkspaceReorderDropOverlayHitTestingTests.swift
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ import Testing
         #expect(bonsplit.prepareForDragOperation(sender))
         #expect(bonsplit.performDragOperation(sender))
         bonsplit.concludeDragOperation(sender)
+        // AppKit sends this to the overlay, which responds to it; the reorder
+        // view beneath does not, so it must not be forwarded there.
+        bonsplit.draggingEnded(sender)
 
         #expect(updatedPoints.count == 2)
         #expect(droppedPoints.count == 1)