diff --git a/core/artwork/blurhash_updater.go b/core/artwork/blurhash_updater.go
index cbbbe869a..d44797642 100644
--- a/core/artwork/blurhash_updater.go
+++ b/core/artwork/blurhash_updater.go
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ func (u *blurHashUpdater) process(ctx context.Context, artID model.ArtworkID, re
 		// with a TTL: browsing stays cheap, and failures still retry once it expires.
 		log.Trace(ctx, "BlurHash: nothing to persist", "artID", artID, err)
 		u.setNoResult(artID, sig)
+		// Reaching compute with a stored hash means there was change evidence — clear it, so the
+		// DTO falls back to the rotating fake instead of describing artwork no longer served.
+		if stored != "" {
+			if err := u.persist(ctx, artID, "", sig); err != nil {
+				log.Warn(ctx, "BlurHash: error clearing stale hash", "artID", artID, err)
+			}
+		}
 		return
 	}
 	if err := u.persist(ctx, artID, hash, sig); err != nil {
diff --git a/core/artwork/blurhash_updater_internal_test.go b/core/artwork/blurhash_updater_internal_test.go
index 8120649d5..1807ca0d1 100644
--- a/core/artwork/blurhash_updater_internal_test.go
+++ b/core/artwork/blurhash_updater_internal_test.go
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ var _ = Describe("blurHashUpdater", func() {
 			Expect(last.sig).To(Equal(newer))
 		})
 
+		It("clears a stored hash when a recompute with change evidence yields no result", func() {
+			storedAt := version.Add(-time.Hour)
+			al := model.Album{ID: "al-1", UpdatedAt: version, BlurHash: "LEHV6nWB2yk8", BlurHashUpdatedAt: &storedAt}
+			repo := tests.CreateMockAlbumRepo()
+			repo.SetData(model.Albums{al})
+			ds.MockedAlbum = repo
+			ds.MockedFolder = failingFolderRepo{}
+
+			// storedAt < version = change evidence; the compute fails, so the stale hash must go.
+			u.process(GinkgoT().Context(), al.CoverArtID(), enqueueRequest{imageUpdatedAt: version})
+			stored, err := ds.Album(GinkgoT().Context()).Get("al-1")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(stored.BlurHash).To(BeEmpty())
+		})
+
 		It("does nothing when the entity is gone", func() {
 			ds.MockedAlbum = tests.CreateMockAlbumRepo()
 			Expect(func() {