diff --git a/datafog/processing/text_processing/regex_annotator/regex_annotator.py b/datafog/processing/text_processing/regex_annotator/regex_annotator.py
index 44dfa2e0..b2897560 100644
--- a/datafog/processing/text_processing/regex_annotator/regex_annotator.py
+++ b/datafog/processing/text_processing/regex_annotator/regex_annotator.py
@@ -104,15 +104,25 @@ def __init__(
             # inside a DE_VAT_ID) are resolved by the engine's span-overlap
             # suppression, not here, so default (EN) detection keeps v4.4.0
             # behavior even when German labels are active.
+            # The no-dash branch has stricter boundaries than the dashed one:
+            # a nine-digit run embedded in a longer alphanumeric token (random
+            # hex IDs, UUID segments) is not an SSN. The run must not be
+            # followed by a letter, and must start either at a non-alphanumeric
+            # boundary or right after an uppercase "DE" token prefix — the one
+            # letter-prefixed shape pinned for v4.4.0 DE_VAT_ID parity. The
+            # prefix is case-sensitive ((?-i:...)) because lowercase "de" is a
+            # hex byte and would reopen the random-hex-ID false positive.
             "SSN": re.compile(
                 r"""
-                (?<!\d)
                 (?:
+                    (?<!\d)
                     (?!000|666)\d{3}-(?!00)\d{2}-(?!0000)\d{4}
+                    (?!\d)
                     |
+                    (?:(?<![0-9A-Za-z])|(?<=\b(?-i:DE)))
                     (?!000|666)\d{3}(?!00)\d{2}(?!0000)\d{4}
+                    (?![0-9A-Za-z])
                 )
-                (?!\d)
                 """,
                 re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE | re.VERBOSE,
             ),
diff --git a/tests/test_regex_annotator.py b/tests/test_regex_annotator.py
index ec0363c1..5b2c5ce1 100644
--- a/tests/test_regex_annotator.py
+++ b/tests/test_regex_annotator.py
@@ -373,6 +373,31 @@ def test_annotation_result_format():
     assert ssn_spans[0].text == "123-45-6789"
 
 
+def test_ssn_no_dash_not_flagged_inside_alphanumeric_tokens():
+    """Regression guard: bare nine-digit runs embedded in longer
+    alphanumeric tokens (random hex IDs, UUID segments, blob names,
+    prefixed record IDs) must not match SSN. The only letter-prefixed
+    shape that still matches is an uppercase "DE" token prefix (see
+    test_ssn_detection_keeps_v44_behavior_for_country_prefixed_digits)."""
+    annotator = RegexAnnotator()
+    for text in (
+        "serverId 3f2a123456789bc is up.",  # letters on both sides
+        "session 9c-3f2a123456789-77 restarted.",  # run ends a hex segment
+        "blob deadbeef123456789cafe stored.",
+        "id a1b2-123456789abc-x9",  # run starts a segment, letters after
+        "order ID219099999 shipped.",  # generic two-letter record prefix
+        "ticket PO219099999 open.",
+        "hex de219099999 blob.",  # lowercase "de" is a hex byte, not a country code
+    ):
+        assert annotator.annotate(text)["SSN"] == [], text
+
+
+def test_ssn_no_dash_still_flagged_standalone():
+    """A bare nine-digit number that is its own token must keep matching."""
+    annotator = RegexAnnotator()
+    assert annotator.annotate("Case 219099999 assigned.")["SSN"] == ["219099999"]
+
+
 def test_ssn_detection_keeps_v44_behavior_for_country_prefixed_digits():
     """Regression guard: bare nine-digit runs after a country prefix must
     still match SSN when no locale is configured (v4.4.0 parity). The