diff --git a/pkg/model/anchors.go b/pkg/model/anchors.go
index ce4809ab..a75ee944 100644
--- a/pkg/model/anchors.go
+++ b/pkg/model/anchors.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func resolveAliasesExt(node *yaml.Node, path map[*yaml.Node]bool, skipCheck bool
 		if err := resolveAliasesExt(node, path, true); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		delete(path, aliasTarget)
+		delete(path, node)
 
 	case yaml.DocumentNode, yaml.MappingNode, yaml.SequenceNode:
 		for _, child := range node.Content {
diff --git a/pkg/model/anchors_test.go b/pkg/model/anchors_test.go
index 0240c843..b84945b8 100644
--- a/pkg/model/anchors_test.go
+++ b/pkg/model/anchors_test.go
@@ -7,29 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-func TestVerifyCycleIsInvalid(t *testing.T) {
-	var node yaml.Node
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`
-a: &a
-  ref: *b
-
-b: &b
-  ref: *a
-`), &node)
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-}
-
-func TestVerifyCycleIsInvalid2(t *testing.T) {
-	var node yaml.Node
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`
-a: &a
-  ref: *a
-`), &node)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	err = resolveAliases(&node)
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-}
-
 func TestVerifyNilAliasError(t *testing.T) {
 	var node yaml.Node
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`
@@ -44,3 +21,94 @@ test:
 	err = resolveAliases(&node)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestVerifyNoRecursion(t *testing.T) {
+	table := []struct {
+		name      string
+		yaml      string
+		yamlErr   bool
+		anchorErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no anchors",
+			yaml: `
+a: x
+b: y
+c: z
+`,
+			yamlErr:   false,
+			anchorErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "simple anchors",
+			yaml: `
+a: &a x
+b: &b y
+c: *a
+`,
+			yamlErr:   false,
+			anchorErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nested anchors",
+			yaml: `
+a: &a
+  val: x
+b: &b
+  val: y
+c: *a
+`,
+			yamlErr:   false,
+			anchorErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "circular anchors",
+			yaml: `
+a: &b
+  ref: *c
+b: &c
+  ref: *b
+`,
+			yamlErr:   true,
+			anchorErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "self-referencing anchor",
+			yaml: `
+a: &a
+  ref: *a
+`,
+			yamlErr:   false,
+			anchorErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "reuse snippet with anchors",
+			yaml: `
+a: &b x
+b: &a
+   ref: *b
+c: *a
+`,
+			yamlErr:   false,
+			anchorErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range table {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var node yaml.Node
+			err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(tt.yaml), &node)
+			if tt.yamlErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = resolveAliases(&node)
+			if tt.anchorErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/model/workflow_test.go b/pkg/model/workflow_test.go
index 1d466625..47a9dd82 100644
--- a/pkg/model/workflow_test.go
+++ b/pkg/model/workflow_test.go
@@ -614,17 +614,21 @@ jobs:
 
 func TestReadWorkflow_Anchor(t *testing.T) {
 	yaml := `
-on: push
 
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: &runner ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: &checkout actions/checkout@v5
-  test2:
+  test2: &job
     runs-on: *runner
     steps:
     - uses: *checkout
+    - run: echo $TRIGGER
+      env:
+        TRIGGER: &trigger push
+  test3: *job
+on: push #*trigger
 `
 
 	w, err := ReadWorkflow(strings.NewReader(yaml), false)