diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 488176b260..d2f80772b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.14"
 
       - name: Run ruff check
-        run: uvx ruff check src tests
+        run: uvx ruff@0.15.0 check src tests
 
   pytest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/src/specify_cli/bundler/services/installer.py b/src/specify_cli/bundler/services/installer.py
index 7c5abf84db..58e220638d 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/bundler/services/installer.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/bundler/services/installer.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ class InstallResult:
 
     @property
     def changed(self) -> bool:
-        return bool(self.installed or self.refreshed)
+        # `uninstalled` is a mutating outcome too: a `bundle update` whose new
+        # manifest drops components (removing them via the refresh path) with no
+        # new install/refresh must still report changed=True, not a no-op.
+        return bool(self.installed or self.refreshed or self.uninstalled)
 
 
 def install_bundle(
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_bundler_install_flow.py b/tests/integration/test_bundler_install_flow.py
index 655094168d..0966008a74 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_bundler_install_flow.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_bundler_install_flow.py
@@ -491,3 +491,16 @@ def test_update_keeps_component_still_needed_by_sibling_bundle(tmp_path: Path):
     assert ("extensions", "ext-b") not in {
         (c.kind, c.id) for c in rec.contributed_components
     }
+
+
+def test_install_result_changed_reports_uninstalled():
+    # A `bundle update` that only DROPS components (new manifest reduces
+    # provides) populates uninstalled with nothing installed/refreshed; that is
+    # still a mutating change, so `changed` must be True — not a false no-op.
+    from specify_cli.bundler.services.installer import InstallResult
+    from specify_cli.bundler.models.manifest import ComponentRef
+
+    result = InstallResult(bundle_id="x")
+    assert result.changed is False  # empty == no change
+    result.uninstalled.append(ComponentRef(kind="presets", id="p1"))
+    assert result.changed is True