diff --git a/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts b/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts
index 68e74c0b5..786e23f4e 100644
--- a/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts
+++ b/src/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.ts
@@ -245,17 +245,10 @@ export function useGraphNodeManager(graph: LGraph): GraphNodeManager {
     })
 
     // Update only widgets with new slot metadata, keeping other widget data intact
-    const updatedWidgets = currentData.widgets?.map((widget) => {
+    for (const widget of currentData.widgets ?? []) {
       const slotInfo = slotMetadata.get(widget.name)
-      return slotInfo ? { ...widget, slotMetadata: slotInfo } : widget
-    })
-
-    vueNodeData.set(nodeId, {
-      ...currentData,
-      widgets: updatedWidgets,
-      inputs: nodeRef.inputs ? [...nodeRef.inputs] : undefined,
-      outputs: nodeRef.outputs ? [...nodeRef.outputs] : undefined
-    })
+      if (slotInfo) widget.slotMetadata = slotInfo
+    }
   }
 
   // Extract safe data from LiteGraph node for Vue consumption
diff --git a/tests-ui/tests/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.test.ts b/tests-ui/tests/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba22d98cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-ui/tests/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { setActivePinia } from 'pinia'
+import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { nextTick, watch } from 'vue'
+
+import { useGraphNodeManager } from '@/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager'
+import { LGraph, LGraphNode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
+import { NodeSlotType } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/types/globalEnums'
+
+setActivePinia(createTestingPinia())
+
+function createTestGraph() {
+  const graph = new LGraph()
+  const node = new LGraphNode('test')
+  node.addInput('input', 'INT')
+  node.addWidget('number', 'testnum', 2, () => undefined, {})
+  graph.add(node)
+
+  const { vueNodeData } = useGraphNodeManager(graph)
+  const onReactivityUpdate = vi.fn()
+  watch(vueNodeData, onReactivityUpdate)
+
+  return [node, graph, onReactivityUpdate] as const
+}
+
+describe('Node Reactivity', () => {
+  it('should trigger on callback', async () => {
+    const [node, , onReactivityUpdate] = createTestGraph()
+
+    node.widgets![0].callback!(2)
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(onReactivityUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('should remain reactive after a connection is made', async () => {
+    const [node, graph, onReactivityUpdate] = createTestGraph()
+
+    graph.trigger('node:slot-links:changed', {
+      nodeId: '1',
+      slotType: NodeSlotType.INPUT
+    })
+    await nextTick()
+    onReactivityUpdate.mockClear()
+
+    node.widgets![0].callback!(2)
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(onReactivityUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})