diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/src/objective-anchor.ts b/packages/loopover-engine/src/objective-anchor.ts
index ce59c55f03..b8dce0936e 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/src/objective-anchor.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/src/objective-anchor.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ function kindsFromPath(path: string): ObjectiveAnchorChangeKind[] {
   if (DOC_EXTENSIONS.has(extensionOf(path)) || segments.includes("docs") || filename.toLowerCase() === "readme.md") {
     kinds.push("docs");
   }
-  if (segments.some((segment) => CI_SEGMENTS.has(segment)) || filename.endsWith(".yml") || filename.endsWith(".yaml")) {
+  if (segments.some((segment) => CI_SEGMENTS.has(segment))) {
     kinds.push("ci");
   }
   if (CONFIG_FILENAMES.has(filename) || filename.endsWith(".jsonc") || filename.endsWith(".toml")) {
diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/test/objective-anchor.test.ts b/packages/loopover-engine/test/objective-anchor.test.ts
index 5f0d84d57c..4e1bdbc0bf 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/test/objective-anchor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/test/objective-anchor.test.ts
@@ -383,3 +383,18 @@ test("renderObjectiveAnchorAuditMarkdown escapes markdown controls and collapses
   assert.ok(markdown.includes("- src/review/\\[unsafe\\].ts"));
   assert.ok(markdown.includes("- src/review/\\<unsafe\\>.ts"));
 });
+
+test("extractObjectiveAnchorFeatures does not classify non-CI YAML as ci (#8873)", () => {
+  const features = extractObjectiveAnchorFeatures({
+    paths: [".loopover.yml", "docs/mkdocs.yml", "config/app.yaml"],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(features.changeKinds.includes("ci"), false);
+  assert.ok(features.changeKinds.includes("config"));
+  assert.ok(features.changeKinds.includes("docs"));
+
+  const ciWorkflow = extractObjectiveAnchorFeatures({
+    paths: [".github/workflows/ci.yml"],
+  });
+  assert.ok(ciWorkflow.changeKinds.includes("ci"));
+});