diff --git a/scripts/relock-standards-pin.sh b/scripts/relock-standards-pin.sh
index ecb05431..dd4baa0e 100755
--- a/scripts/relock-standards-pin.sh
+++ b/scripts/relock-standards-pin.sh
@@ -70,15 +70,12 @@ PIN_RE='hyperpolymath/standards/\.github/workflows/[A-Za-z0-9._-]+\.ya?ml@[0-9a-
 shopt -s nullglob
 wfs=("$WF"/*.yml "$WF"/*.yaml)
 shopt -u nullglob
-# standards_pins FILE... — the standards reusable pins that a `uses:` key holds,
-# block or flow style (`build: { uses: "…@<sha>" }`). Full-line comments are
-# skipped: reusables carry commented caller examples (`#   uses: …@<old sha>`)
+# standards_pins FILE... — every standards reusable pin in the files, as the
+# scan always matched it (block, flow or quoted-key `uses`), except on full-line
+# comments: reusables carry commented caller examples (`#   uses: …@<old sha>`)
 # that no run resolves, and counting them refused every relock of standards'
 # own callers.
-standards_pins() {
-  grep -hvE '^[[:space:]]*#' "$@" 2>/dev/null \
-    | grep -oE "(^|[{,[:space:]])uses:[[:space:]]*['\"]?$PIN_RE" | grep -oE "$PIN_RE"
-}
+standards_pins() { grep -hvE '^[[:space:]]*#' "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep -oE "$PIN_RE"; }
 pins=$(standards_pins "${wfs[@]}" | sort -u || true)
 # A short pin (7+ hex) that prefixes TARGET names TARGET: the applier counts it
 # FRESH and leaves it as written, and the lock keys it by that short ref in a
diff --git a/scripts/tests/relock-standards-pin-test.sh b/scripts/tests/relock-standards-pin-test.sh
index 69297451..f0143dd6 100755
--- a/scripts/tests/relock-standards-pin-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests/relock-standards-pin-test.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ bash "$RELOCK" --to "$NEW" --standards "$S" "$D" >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "a flow
 grep -q "^        - 'hyperpolymath/standards@$NEW'\$" "$D/actions.lock" || fail "flow-style: workflow entry not re-keyed"
 echo "  PASS a flow-style call is counted as a pin"
 
+# A quoted `uses` key is still a pin.
+D=$(consumer quoted-key)
+printf 'on: push\njobs:\n  call:\n    "uses": hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/x-reusable.yml@%s\n' "$NEW" > "$D/caller.yml"
+bash "$RELOCK" --to "$NEW" --standards "$S" "$D" >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "a quoted uses key refused the relock"
+grep -q "^        - 'hyperpolymath/standards@$NEW'\$" "$D/actions.lock" || fail "quoted key: workflow entry not re-keyed"
+echo "  PASS a quoted uses key is counted as a pin"
+
 # 3. Refusals leave the lock byte-identical.
 refuse_case() { # name mutate-command
   local d; d=$(consumer "$1"); eval "$2"; cp "$d/actions.lock" "$T/before"