diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/whole_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/whole_integration_test.go
index a7e84248d..973a12abf 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/whole_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/whole_integration_test.go
@@ -609,9 +609,8 @@ func (p *player) manifestIn(module, raw string) {
 	rev := p.catRev
 	p.mu.Unlock()
 	p.hearsCatalog()
-	// The key is the subscribed pattern itself: mesh-sdk's TopicMatches does not read `>` (reported to the lead), so only a key equal
-	// to it reaches the module.
-	p.event(catalog.Seat+"."+catalog.EventCatalogRevision+".>", catalog.CatalogRevisionEvent{Revision: rev, Kind: catalogclient.KindTrunk, Branch: "main", Changed: []string{module}})
+	// The seat's event on the branch's part, as the bus says it (design 47 G §532): the module's subscription is `<seat>.<event>.>`.
+	p.event(catalog.Seat+"."+catalog.EventCatalogRevision+".main", catalog.CatalogRevisionEvent{Revision: rev, Kind: catalogclient.KindTrunk, Branch: "main", Changed: []string{module}})
 }
 
 // buildIn makes the seat mesh-catalog hold the entry of a build's fingerprint, and the want that names it on a node.