diff --git a/docsource/modules190-200.rst b/docsource/modules190-200.rst
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--- a/docsource/modules190-200.rst
+++ b/docsource/modules190-200.rst
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Module coverage 19.0 -> 20.0
 +---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
 | l10n_fr_facturx_chorus_pro                        |                      |No DB layout changes.                            |
 +---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
-| l10n_fr_hr_holidays                               |                      |                                                 |
+| l10n_fr_hr_holidays                               |Done                  |                                                 |
 +---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
 | |del| l10n_fr_hr_work_entry_holidays              |                      |                                                 |
 +---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/post-migration.py b/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/post-migration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13ed15f6f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/post-migration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Don Kendall
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
+
+from openupgradelib import openupgrade
+
+# hr_holidays leaves the source hr.leave.type id on the work entry type standing
+# in for it, which is what makes this lookup possible at all.
+_legacy_leave_type_id = openupgrade.get_legacy_name("hr_leave_type_id")
+
+
+@openupgrade.migrate()
+def migrate(env, version):
+    """Point the French reference leave type at its 20.0 stand-in.
+
+    res.company.l10n_fr_reference_leave_type referenced hr.leave.type, which
+    20.0 folds into hr.work.entry.type; the replacement is
+    l10n_fr_reference_work_entry_type.
+
+    This lives here rather than with the rest of that fold in hr_holidays
+    because of load order: hr_holidays runs at module 234 of 563 and
+    l10n_fr_hr_holidays at 361, so when hr_holidays' post-migration runs the new
+    column does not exist yet. Its column_exists guard skipped the update
+    silently -- no error, no value, and the company's reference type quietly
+    lost. Doing it from the module that owns the column removes the ordering
+    question entirely.
+    """
+    if not openupgrade.column_exists(
+        env.cr, "res_company", "l10n_fr_reference_leave_type"
+    ):
+        return
+    openupgrade.logged_query(
+        env.cr,
+        f"""
+        UPDATE res_company c
+        SET l10n_fr_reference_work_entry_type = wet.id
+        FROM hr_work_entry_type wet
+        WHERE wet.{_legacy_leave_type_id} = c.l10n_fr_reference_leave_type
+          AND c.l10n_fr_reference_work_entry_type IS NULL
+        """,
+    )
diff --git a/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/upgrade_analysis.txt b/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/upgrade_analysis.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7a7a368dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/upgrade_analysis.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---Models in module 'l10n_fr_hr_holidays'---
+---Fields in module 'l10n_fr_hr_holidays'---
+l10n_fr_hr_holidays / res.company              / l10n_fr_reference_leave_type (many2one): DEL relation: hr.leave.type
+l10n_fr_hr_holidays / res.company              / l10n_fr_reference_work_entry_type (many2one): NEW relation: hr.work.entry.type, hasdefault: default
+---XML records in module 'l10n_fr_hr_holidays'---
diff --git a/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/upgrade_analysis_work.txt b/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/upgrade_analysis_work.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e25d31d4988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openupgrade_scripts/scripts/l10n_fr_hr_holidays/20.0.1.0/upgrade_analysis_work.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---Models in module 'l10n_fr_hr_holidays'---
+---Fields in module 'l10n_fr_hr_holidays'---
+l10n_fr_hr_holidays / res.company              / l10n_fr_reference_leave_type (many2one): DEL relation: hr.leave.type
+# NOTHING TO DO: the column is left in place for database_cleanup
+l10n_fr_hr_holidays / res.company              / l10n_fr_reference_work_entry_type (many2one): NEW relation: hr.work.entry.type, hasdefault: default
+# NOTHING TO DO: a new field whose default is falsy -- False, or an empty
+# list -- so a NULL left on an existing row already means what the default
+# would have written. The one flagged field whose default names a record,
+# pos.config.default_product_id, has a script instead
+---XML records in module 'l10n_fr_hr_holidays'---