diff --git a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/CatalogScrubber.java b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/CatalogScrubber.java
index dd4a443aaf..ecd711c54d 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/CatalogScrubber.java
+++ b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/CatalogScrubber.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.pdf.redaction;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentCatalog;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentInformation;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentNameDictionary;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDMetadata;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDNameTreeNode;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.documentinterchange.logicalstructure.PDStructureTreeRoot;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotation;
@@ -187,22 +190,47 @@ public final class CatalogScrubber {
         }
         PDDocumentCatalog catalog = document.getDocumentCatalog();
         if (catalog != null && catalog.getMetadata() != null) {
-            try {
-                String xmp =
-                        new String(
-                                catalog.getMetadata().toByteArray(),
-                                java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-                // XMP is RDF/XML that usually mirrors /Info; drop the whole packet if it carries a
-                // target rather than risk a broken partial edit.
-                if (matches(xmp, targets, patterns)) {
-                    catalog.setMetadata(null);
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.debug("Could not scan XMP metadata: {}", e.getMessage());
-            }
+            scrubXmp(document, catalog, targets, patterns);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * XMP is RDF/XML that usually mirrors /Info. Strip only the target occurrences so non-matching
+     * properties (dates, rights, custom schema) survive; fall back to dropping the whole packet if
+     * the edit can't be proven to have removed the target (e.g. entity-encoded) or anything throws.
+     */
+    private static void scrubXmp(
+            PDDocument document,
+            PDDocumentCatalog catalog,
+            Set<String> targets,
+            List<Pattern> patterns) {
+        String xmp;
+        try {
+            xmp = new String(catalog.getMetadata().toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.debug("Could not read XMP metadata: {}", e.getMessage());
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!matches(xmp, targets, patterns)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            String stripped = stripMatches(xmp, targets, patterns);
+            // Only keep the edited packet if the target is provably gone from it.
+            if (!matches(stripped, targets, patterns)) {
+                catalog.setMetadata(
+                        new PDMetadata(
+                                document,
+                                new ByteArrayInputStream(
+                                        stripped.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.debug("Surgical XMP scrub failed; dropping packet: {}", e.getMessage());
+        }
+        catalog.setMetadata(null);
+    }
+
     // Outline
 
     private static void scrubOutline(
diff --git a/app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/RedactionPipelineTest.java b/app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/RedactionPipelineTest.java
index a4615bf924..f83c3e17c2 100644
--- a/app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/RedactionPipelineTest.java
+++ b/app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/pdf/redaction/RedactionPipelineTest.java
@@ -962,6 +962,48 @@ class RedactionPipelineTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("XMP metadata scrub strips only the target and keeps non-matching properties")
+    void xmpScrubIsTargetScoped() throws Exception {
+        String xmp =
+                "<?xpacket begin=\"\" id=\"W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d\"?>\n"
+                        + "<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\">\n"
+                        + " <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\">\n"
+                        + "  <rdf:Description rdf:about=\"\""
+                        + " xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">\n"
+                        + "   <dc:title>Quarterly Public Report</dc:title>\n"
+                        + "   <dc:creator>Written by Smith</dc:creator>\n"
+                        + "  </rdf:Description>\n"
+                        + " </rdf:RDF>\n"
+                        + "</x:xmpmeta>\n"
+                        + "<?xpacket end=\"w\"?>";
+        byte[] bytes;
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage(PDRectangle.A4));
+            doc.getDocumentCatalog()
+                    .setMetadata(
+                            new org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDMetadata(
+                                    doc,
+                                    new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(
+                                            xmp.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
+            CatalogScrubber.scrub(
+                    doc, new LinkedHashSet<>(Set.of("Smith")), Collections.emptyList());
+            ByteArrayOutputStream b = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            doc.save(b);
+            bytes = b.toByteArray();
+        }
+        try (PDDocument reopened = Loader.loadPDF(bytes)) {
+            org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDMetadata md =
+                    reopened.getDocumentCatalog().getMetadata();
+            assertNotNull(md, "XMP packet must be preserved, not wiped");
+            String out = new String(md.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            assertFalse(out.contains("Smith"), "target must be stripped from XMP");
+            assertTrue(
+                    out.contains("Quarterly Public Report"),
+                    "non-matching XMP property must survive");
+        }
+    }
+
     private static boolean pageHasImage(PDPage page) throws Exception {
         PDResources res = page.getResources();
         if (res == null) {