diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/dependency-scan.ts b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/dependency-scan.ts
index 7188a12fd6..f4dc1777e2 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/dependency-scan.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/dependency-scan.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 } from "../types.js";
 import type { AnalysisContext } from "../analysis-context.js";
 import { boundedFetchJson } from "../external-fetch.js";
+import { isDiffFileHeaderLine } from "./diff-lines.js";
 
 export interface DepChange {
   ecosystem: string;
@@ -107,11 +108,7 @@ export function extractDependencyChanges(
     if (manifestFiles > maxManifestFiles) break;
     for (const line of file.patch.split("\n", maxPatchLinesPerFile)) {
       const sign = line[0];
-      if (
-        (sign !== "+" && sign !== "-") ||
-        line.startsWith("+++ ") ||
-        line.startsWith("---")
-      )
+      if ((sign !== "+" && sign !== "-") || isDiffFileHeaderLine(line))
         continue;
       const parsed = parseLine(manifest, line.slice(1).trim());
       if (!parsed) continue;
diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/lockfile-drift.ts b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/lockfile-drift.ts
index f9e492b12c..d50cfc1a9b 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/lockfile-drift.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/lockfile-drift.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
 import type { AnalysisContext } from "../analysis-context.js";
 import { extractDependencyChanges } from "./dependency-scan.js";
 import { boundedFetchJson } from "../external-fetch.js";
+import { isDiffFileHeaderLine } from "./diff-lines.js";
 import { isParseableLockfile, lockfileBasename } from "../lockfile-path.js";
 
 interface LockfileChange {
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ function* patchLines(
   for (const raw of patch.split("\n")) {
     seen += 1;
     if (seen > maxLines) break;
-    if (raw.startsWith("+++ ") || raw.startsWith("---")) continue;
+    if (isDiffFileHeaderLine(raw)) continue;
     const hunk = /^@@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(?:,\d+)? @@/.exec(raw);
     if (hunk) {
       newLine = Number(hunk[1]);
diff --git a/review-enrichment/test/dependency-scan.test.ts b/review-enrichment/test/dependency-scan.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3240ec7d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/review-enrichment/test/dependency-scan.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+import { extractDependencyChanges } from "../dist/analyzers/dependency-scan.js";
+
+test("extractDependencyChanges skips real file headers via the shared discriminator, not spurious deps", () => {
+  // The patch carries the unified-diff file headers (`--- a/…`, `+++ b/…`) ahead of the hunk. They must be
+  // skipped as headers — never parsed as dependency lines — while the real version bump is extracted. This
+  // pins the behavior after swapping the anchored `startsWith("+++ ")`/`startsWith("---")` guard for the
+  // shared isDiffFileHeaderLine helper (which only matches `+++ a/`/`b/`/`/dev/null` headers).
+  const changes = extractDependencyChanges([
+    {
+      path: "package.json",
+      patch: [
+        "--- a/package.json",
+        "+++ b/package.json",
+        "@@ -5,3 +5,3 @@",
+        '     "dependencies": {',
+        '-    "lodash": "4.17.20",',
+        '+    "lodash": "4.17.21",',
+      ].join("\n"),
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(changes, [
+    { ecosystem: "npm", package: "lodash", from: "4.17.20", to: "4.17.21" },
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/review-enrichment/test/lockfile-drift.test.ts b/review-enrichment/test/lockfile-drift.test.ts
index 81ec5cd69d..99ac713dce 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/test/lockfile-drift.test.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/test/lockfile-drift.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,35 @@ test("extractLockfileChanges matches lockfile basenames case-insensitively", ()
   ]);
 });
 
+test("extractLockfileChanges keeps new-file line numbers correct across ++-content added lines", () => {
+  // An added line whose CONTENT begins with `++ ` renders in the diff as `+++ …`. The old anchored
+  // `startsWith("+++ ")` guard mistook it for a `+++ b/file` header and `continue`d WITHOUT advancing the
+  // new-file line counter, so every finding AFTER it was reported one line too low. The shared
+  // isDiffFileHeaderLine helper only skips real `+++ a/`/`b/`/`/dev/null` headers, so the counter stays true.
+  const changes = extractLockfileChanges([
+    {
+      path: "package-lock.json",
+      patch: [
+        "@@ -9,0 +10,3 @@",
+        '+    "node_modules/lodash": {', // new-file line 10
+        "+++ not a header — added content whose text begins with ++", // new-file line 11 (must be counted)
+        '+      "version": "4.17.21"', // new-file line 12
+      ].join("\n"),
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(changes, [
+    {
+      file: "package-lock.json",
+      line: 12, // 12, not 11 — the intervening ++-content line is counted, not swallowed as a header
+      ecosystem: "npm",
+      package: "lodash",
+      from: null,
+      to: "4.17.21",
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
 test("extractLockfileChanges does not let unparsed lockfiles consume the scan budget", () => {
   const yarnPatch = [
     "@@ -1,0 +1,2 @@",