diff --git a/e2e/scenarios/hotfix/hotfix-generation-threshold.yaml b/e2e/scenarios/hotfix/hotfix-generation-threshold.yaml
index 918e9f47..8f516805 100644
--- a/e2e/scenarios/hotfix/hotfix-generation-threshold.yaml
+++ b/e2e/scenarios/hotfix/hotfix-generation-threshold.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ steps:
             - "target_env:"
             - "pull_request:"
             - "types: [closed]"
-            - "'env/**'"
+            - "'env/*'"
             - "format('hotfix-finalize-{0}', github.repository)"
             - "format('hotfix-{0}', github.event.inputs.target_env)"
             - "  plan:"
diff --git a/internal/generate/hotfix.go b/internal/generate/hotfix.go
index a5264554..04367a15 100644
--- a/internal/generate/hotfix.go
+++ b/internal/generate/hotfix.go
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ func (g *HotfixGenerator) envBranchRef() string {
 	return g.envBranchPrefix() + "${env}"
 }
 
+// finalizeTriggerBranch returns the pull_request(closed) branch filter that gates
+// the finalize chain, scoped to the component this workflow serves so a
+// resolution PR into one component's env branch never fires a sibling's finalize.
+//
+// Single-component env branches are single-segment (env/staging), which env/*
+// matches exactly; this is byte-identical to the historical single-component
+// trigger. A named component's env branches are two-segment (env/<component>/<env>,
+// for example env/api/staging), which a GitHub Actions `*` glob will not match
+// across the slash, so the component trigger is env/<component>/** - matching that
+// component's env branches at any depth and no other component's. An unscoped
+// env/** would match every component's env branches and fire spurious
+// cross-component finalize runs, breaking per-component isolation.
+func (g *HotfixGenerator) finalizeTriggerBranch() string {
+	if g.componentName != "" {
+		return "env/" + g.componentName + "/**"
+	}
+	return "env/*"
+}
+
 // hotfixBranchPrefix returns the throwaway cherry-pick branch name prefix the
 // apply lane pushes to: single-component yields "hotfix/" (byte-identical to the
 // historical form), a component yields "hotfix/<component>/" so two components
@@ -238,12 +257,7 @@ func (g *HotfixGenerator) writeTriggers(sb *strings.Builder) {
 	sb.WriteString("  pull_request:\n")
 	sb.WriteString("    types: [closed]\n")
 	sb.WriteString("    branches:\n")
-	// Double-star matches env branches at any depth. A GitHub Actions branch
-	// glob `*` stops at a slash, so a single-star `env/*` never matches a
-	// per-component branch like env/api/staging and the closed-PR finalize
-	// would never fire for a multi-component pipeline. `env/**` matches both
-	// the single-component branch (env/staging) and the per-component branch.
-	sb.WriteString("      - 'env/**'\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(sb, "      - '%s'\n", g.finalizeTriggerBranch())
 	sb.WriteString("\n")
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/generate/hotfix_test.go b/internal/generate/hotfix_test.go
index e28e3595..77daf33a 100644
--- a/internal/generate/hotfix_test.go
+++ b/internal/generate/hotfix_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ func TestHotfixGenerator_Triggers(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, content, "pull_request:")
 	assert.Contains(t, content, "types: [closed]")
 	assert.Contains(t, content, "branches:")
-	assert.Contains(t, content, "'env/**'")
+	// Single-component env branches are single-segment (env/staging); the
+	// finalize trigger scopes to env/* and must not carry the broader env/**.
+	assert.Contains(t, content, "'env/*'")
+	assert.NotContains(t, content, "'env/**'")
 
 	// Dispatch inputs.
 	assert.Contains(t, content, "commit:")
@@ -89,23 +92,40 @@ func TestHotfixGenerator_Triggers(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotContains(t, content, "- dev")
 }
 
-// TestHotfixGenerator_FinalizeTriggerMatchesNestedEnvBranches guards that the
-// finalize pull_request trigger's branch filter matches multi-component env
-// branches. Per-component env branches carry two path segments
-// (env/api/staging), and a GitHub Actions `*` glob stops at a slash, so a
-// single-star `env/*` filter never matches them and the closed-PR finalize
-// never fires. A double-star `env/**` matches any depth, covering both the
-// single-component branch (env/staging) and the per-component branch
-// (env/api/staging).
-func TestHotfixGenerator_FinalizeTriggerMatchesNestedEnvBranches(t *testing.T) {
-	gen := NewHotfixGenerator(threeEnvHotfixConfig(), "")
-	content, err := gen.Generate()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	assert.Contains(t, content, "      - 'env/**'",
-		"finalize trigger must use env/** so it matches per-component env branches like env/api/staging")
-	assert.NotContains(t, content, "      - 'env/*'\n",
-		"finalize trigger must not use a single-star env/* filter, which a GitHub Actions glob will not match across the slash of env/api/staging")
+// TestHotfixGenerator_FinalizeTriggerScopedToComponent guards that the finalize
+// pull_request trigger's branch filter is scoped to the component the workflow
+// serves, restoring per-component isolation. A single-component workflow's env
+// branches are single-segment (env/staging), so its finalize trigger is env/*.
+// A per-component workflow's env branches are two-segment (env/api/staging), so
+// its finalize trigger is env/<component>/** - matching only its own component's
+// env branches at any depth and never a sibling's. An unscoped env/** would fire
+// every component's finalize on any component's resolution PR, spawning spurious
+// cross-component runs.
+func TestHotfixGenerator_FinalizeTriggerScopedToComponent(t *testing.T) {
+	single, err := NewHotfixGenerator(threeEnvHotfixConfig(), "").Generate()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, single, "      - 'env/*'",
+		"single-component finalize trigger must scope to env/*, matching env/staging")
+	assert.NotContains(t, single, "env/**",
+		"single-component finalize trigger must not use the broad env/** filter")
+
+	api, err := NewHotfixGenerator(threeEnvHotfixConfig(), "", WithHotfixComponentName("api")).Generate()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, api, "      - 'env/api/**'",
+		"the api component finalize trigger must scope to env/api/**, matching env/api/staging")
+	assert.NotContains(t, api, "      - 'env/**'",
+		"the api component finalize trigger must not use the unscoped env/** filter that matches sibling components")
+	assert.NotContains(t, api, "env/web/",
+		"the api component finalize trigger must not reference a sibling component's env namespace")
+
+	web, err := NewHotfixGenerator(threeEnvHotfixConfig(), "", WithHotfixComponentName("web")).Generate()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, web, "      - 'env/web/**'",
+		"the web component finalize trigger must scope to env/web/**, matching env/web/staging")
+	assert.NotContains(t, web, "      - 'env/**'",
+		"the web component finalize trigger must not use the unscoped env/** filter that matches sibling components")
+	assert.NotContains(t, web, "'env/api/",
+		"the web component finalize trigger must not reference a sibling component's env namespace")
 }
 
 // TestHotfixGenerator_CommitInputAcceptsMultiple guards that the dispatch
diff --git a/internal/generate/testdata/byte_identical_baseline/.github__workflows__cascade-hotfix.yaml.golden b/internal/generate/testdata/byte_identical_baseline/.github__workflows__cascade-hotfix.yaml.golden
index ae7d6e15..4b80dbf3 100644
--- a/internal/generate/testdata/byte_identical_baseline/.github__workflows__cascade-hotfix.yaml.golden
+++ b/internal/generate/testdata/byte_identical_baseline/.github__workflows__cascade-hotfix.yaml.golden
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [closed]
     branches:
-      - 'env/**'
+      - 'env/*'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read