diff --git a/.github/actions/conformance/client.py b/.github/actions/conformance/client.py
index dc3095114..9a234f79b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/conformance/client.py
+++ b/.github/actions/conformance/client.py
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ async def run_initialize(server_url: str) -> None:
             logger.debug("Listed tools successfully")
 
 
+@register("json-schema-ref-no-deref")
+async def run_json_schema_ref_no_deref(server_url: str) -> None:
+    """Initialize and list tools; the scenario fails only if the client fetches a network $ref.
+
+    ClientSession never walks inputSchema or resolves $refs, so listing is enough (SEP-2106).
+    """
+    async with streamable_http_client(url=server_url) as (read_stream, write_stream):
+        async with ClientSession(read_stream, write_stream) as session:
+            await session.initialize()
+            await session.list_tools()
+
+
 @register("tools_call")
 async def run_tools_call(server_url: str) -> None:
     """Connect, initialize, list tools, call add_numbers(a=5, b=3), close."""
diff --git a/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.2026-07-28.yml b/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.2026-07-28.yml
index 129af7bd2..074796d9b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.2026-07-28.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.2026-07-28.yml
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ client:
   # SEP-2243 (HTTP standardization): no fixture handler / client header support yet.
   - http-custom-headers
   - http-invalid-tool-headers
-  # SEP-2106 (JSON Schema $ref handling): client still dereferences network $refs.
-  - json-schema-ref-no-deref
   # SEP-2352 (authorization server migration): client does not re-register when
   # PRM authorization_servers changes.
   - auth/authorization-server-migration
diff --git a/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.yml b/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.yml
index 0dedf1c4c..99977e0f4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/conformance/expected-failures.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ client:
   # SEP-2243 (HTTP standardization): no fixture handler / client header support yet.
   - http-custom-headers
   - http-invalid-tool-headers
-  # SEP-2106 (JSON Schema $ref handling): client still dereferences network $refs.
-  - json-schema-ref-no-deref
   # SEP-2352 (authorization server migration): client does not re-register when
   # PRM authorization_servers changes.
   - auth/authorization-server-migration