diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/read_replica_database.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/read_replica_database.go
index 22323d94ea2..fba8ca14cd4 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/read_replica_database.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/read_replica_database.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ type pullBehavior bool
 const pullBehaviorFastForward pullBehavior = false
 const pullBehaviorForcePull pullBehavior = true
 
-// pullBranches pulls the remote branches named and returns the map of their hashes keyed by branch path.
+// pullBranches pulls the named remote branches and tags and returns the map of their hashes keyed by ref ID.
 func pullBranches(
 	ctx *sql.Context,
 	rrd ReadReplicaDatabase,
@@ -283,17 +283,17 @@ func pullBranches(
 	localRefs []doltdb.RefWithHash,
 	behavior pullBehavior,
 ) (map[string]doltdb.RefWithHash, error) {
-	localRefsByPath := make(map[string]doltdb.RefWithHash)
-	remoteRefsByPath := make(map[string]doltdb.RefWithHash)
+	localRefsById := make(map[string]doltdb.RefWithHash)
+	remoteRefsById := make(map[string]doltdb.RefWithHash)
 	remoteHashes := make([]hash.Hash, len(remoteRefs))
 
 	for i, b := range remoteRefs {
-		remoteRefsByPath[b.Ref.GetPath()] = b
+		remoteRefsById[b.Ref.String()] = b
 		remoteHashes[i] = b.Hash
 	}
 
 	for _, b := range localRefs {
-		localRefsByPath[b.Ref.GetPath()] = b
+		localRefsById[b.Ref.String()] = b
 	}
 
 	// XXX: Our view of which remote branches to pull and what to set the
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func pullBranches(
 	REFS: // every successful pass through the loop below must end with `continue REFS` to get out of the retry loop
 		for _, remoteRef := range remoteRefs {
 			trackingRef := ref.NewRemoteRef(rrd.remote.Name, remoteRef.Ref.GetPath())
-			localRef, localRefExists := localRefsByPath[remoteRef.Ref.GetPath()]
+			localRef, localRefExists := localRefsById[remoteRef.Ref.String()]
 
 			// loop on optimistic lock failures
 		OPTIMISTIC_RETRY:
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func pullBranches(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return remoteRefsByPath, nil
+	return remoteRefsById, nil
 }
 
 // expandWildcardBranchPattern evaluates |pattern| and returns a list of branch names from the source database that
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/replication.bats b/integration-tests/bats/replication.bats
index e6d80c8e94b..460ebdc3f62 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/replication.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/replication.bats
@@ -163,6 +163,44 @@ teardown() {
     [[ ! "$output" =~ "feature" ]] || false
 }
 
+# Asserts that when a branch is deleted and a tag is created and they have the same name,
+# the replica is able to correctly apply both changes.
+@test "replication: pull branch delete and tag create with same name on read" {
+    # Configure repo1 to push changes on commit and create branch b1
+    cd repo1
+    dolt config --local --add sqlserver.global.dolt_replicate_to_remote remote1
+    dolt sql -q "call dolt_branch('b1');"
+
+    # Configure repo2 to pull changes on read and assert the b1 branch exists
+    cd ..
+    dolt clone file://./rem1 repo2
+    cd repo2
+    dolt config --local --add sqlserver.global.dolt_read_replica_remote origin
+    dolt config --local --add sqlserver.global.dolt_replicate_all_heads 1
+    run dolt sql -q "select name from dolt_branches" -r csv
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 3 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "name" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "main" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "b1" ]] || false
+
+    # Delete branch b1 in repo1 and create tag b1
+    cd ../repo1
+    dolt sql -q "call dolt_branch('-D', 'b1'); call dolt_tag('b1');"
+
+    # Confirm that branch b1 is deleted and tag b1 is created in repo2
+    cd ../repo2
+    run dolt sql -q "select name from dolt_branches" -r csv
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 2 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "main" ]] || false
+    run dolt sql -q "select tag_name from dolt_tags" -r csv
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 2 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "tag_name" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "b1" ]] || false
+}
+
 @test "replication: pull branch delete current branch" {
     skip "broken by latest transaction changes"