diff --git a/crates/heal/src/heal/task.rs b/crates/heal/src/heal/task.rs
index dd373dbbd..7984ec3df 100644
--- a/crates/heal/src/heal/task.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/src/heal/task.rs
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ impl HealTask {
         expected: HealObjectIdentity,
         receipt: Option<HealObjectReceipt>,
     ) -> bool {
+        if self.options.dry_run {
+            return false;
+        }
         let Some(receipt) = receipt else {
             return false;
         };
diff --git a/crates/heal/src/heal/task/tests.rs b/crates/heal/src/heal/task/tests.rs
index 682b08236..f2a6ec36a 100644
--- a/crates/heal/src/heal/task/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/src/heal/task/tests.rs
@@ -386,6 +386,18 @@ mod canonical_outcome {
                     .lock()
                     .expect("existence fixture")
                     .insert("object".to_string(), MockObjectExists::TransientSkip("retry later"));
+            } else {
+                let incarnation = Uuid::new_v4();
+                *storage.bucket_incarnation_id.lock().expect("bucket incarnation") = Some(incarnation);
+                storage.heal_object_receipts.lock().expect("receipt fixture").insert(
+                    "object".to_string(),
+                    VecDeque::from([object_receipt(
+                        "object",
+                        None,
+                        HealObjectDisposition::VerifiedHealthy,
+                        incarnation,
+                    )]),
+                );
             }
             let mut request = HealRequest::object("bucket-a".to_string(), "object".to_string(), None);
             request.options.dry_run = !transient;