diff --git a/config/model.go b/config/model.go
index 85b839fab0c..e56a6e3e83f 100644
--- a/config/model.go
+++ b/config/model.go
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ func (f *Forwarder) Hash() string {
 	_, _ = io.WriteString(h, f.TokenClientID)
 	_, _ = io.WriteString(h, f.TokenSecret)
 	_, _ = io.WriteString(h, f.Destination)
+	_, _ = io.WriteString(h, fmt.Sprintf("%v", f.IsFedramp))
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
 }
diff --git a/config/model_test.go b/config/model_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5f164f1e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/model_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestForwarderHashIncludesIsFedramp ensures that toggling IsFedramp produces a
+// different hash. The hash is what overwatch.AppManager uses to decide whether a
+// forwarder from an updated config file is the same service as the running one,
+// so a collision means the FedRAMP change is silently never applied.
+func TestForwarderHashIncludesIsFedramp(t *testing.T) {
+	commercial := Forwarder{
+		URL:           "ssh.example.com",
+		Listener:      "127.0.0.1:2222",
+		TokenClientID: "id",
+		TokenSecret:   "secret",
+		Destination:   "destination",
+		IsFedramp:     false,
+	}
+	fedramp := commercial
+	fedramp.IsFedramp = true
+
+	assert.NotEqual(t, commercial.Hash(), fedramp.Hash(), "changing IsFedramp must change the forwarder hash")
+}