diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Tests/Controllers/OpenApiSerializerContractTests.cs b/ErsatzTV.Tests/Controllers/OpenApiSerializerContractTests.cs
index 7213d7341..7bd4113de 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Tests/Controllers/OpenApiSerializerContractTests.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Tests/Controllers/OpenApiSerializerContractTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Text.Json;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Artworks;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Channels;
 using ErsatzTV.Application.Watermarks;
+using ErsatzTV.Core.Api.Channels;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Api.MediaItems;
 using ErsatzTV.Core.Api.Settings;
 using ErsatzTV.Serialization;
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ public class OpenApiSerializerContractTests
         yield return new TestCaseData(FullyPopulatedWatermark(), "WatermarkViewModel").SetName("WatermarkViewModel");
         yield return new TestCaseData(FullyPopulatedMediaItemInfo(), "MediaItemInfoResponseModel")
             .SetName("MediaItemInfoResponseModel");
+
+        // The only DTO with a [JsonProperty] override (FFmpegProfile -> "ffmpegProfile") — covers
+        // the attribute path of NewtonsoftSchemaNamingTransformer, which the cases above don't.
+        yield return new TestCaseData(FullyPopulatedChannelSummary(), "ChannelResponseModel")
+            .SetName("ChannelResponseModel");
     }
 
     [TestCaseSource(nameof(Cases))]
@@ -150,6 +156,19 @@ public class OpenApiSerializerContractTests
         [],
         []);
 
+    private static ChannelResponseModel FullyPopulatedChannelSummary() => new(
+        1,
+        "1",
+        1.0,
+        "Name",
+        "Group",
+        "Categories",
+        "1080p H.264",
+        "en",
+        "TransportStream",
+        true,
+        true);
+
     private static string FindOpenApiDocument()
     {
         DirectoryInfo? directory = new(TestContext.CurrentContext.TestDirectory);
diff --git a/ErsatzTV/Serialization/NewtonsoftSchemaNamingTransformer.cs b/ErsatzTV/Serialization/NewtonsoftSchemaNamingTransformer.cs
index d5e90599b..464db31e2 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV/Serialization/NewtonsoftSchemaNamingTransformer.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV/Serialization/NewtonsoftSchemaNamingTransformer.cs
@@ -67,11 +67,18 @@ public static class NewtonsoftSchemaNamingTransformer
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
-        // Rebuild Properties preserving insertion order.
+        // Rebuild Properties preserving insertion order. A rename colliding with an existing key
+        // would silently drop a property from the spec — fail loudly instead (near-unreachable,
+        // but the generator must never emit a lossy document).
         var renamedProperties = new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiSchema>(properties.Count, StringComparer.Ordinal);
         foreach ((string key, IOpenApiSchema value) in properties)
         {
-            renamedProperties[renames.TryGetValue(key, out string newKey) ? newKey : key] = value;
+            string finalKey = renames.TryGetValue(key, out string newKey) ? newKey : key;
+            if (!renamedProperties.TryAdd(finalKey, value))
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"OpenAPI schema property rename collision on '{clrType.FullName}': renaming '{key}' to '{finalKey}' would overwrite an existing property.");
+            }
         }
 
         schema.Properties = renamedProperties;