diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dc27b82453..1aad78b155c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 - fix(config): validate browser sandbox bind sources [AI]. (#84799) Thanks @pgondhi987.
 - doctor: constrain legacy plugin cleanup paths [AI]. (#84801) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Update/doctor: prune stale local bundled plugin install records that point at old compiled bundled output so current bundled plugin schemas win after upgrade. (#84863) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
 - Media/audio: skip empty structured sherpa-onnx transcripts instead of treating the raw JSON payload as spoken text. (#84667) Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.
 - Node/Linux: keep `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN` out of generated systemd unit files by writing node service token values to a node-specific env file. (#84408)
 - Memory-core/dreaming: reuse stable narrative subagent session keys per workspace and phase while keeping per-run idempotency and bounded cleanup, so stale `dreaming-narrative-*` sessions do not accumulate. Fixes #68252, #69187, and #70402. (#70464) Thanks @chiyouYCH.
diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-plugin-registry.ts b/src/commands/doctor-plugin-registry.ts
index 928f511d28b..9b5085e52c7 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-plugin-registry.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-plugin-registry.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ function listStaleManagedNpmBundledPlugins(
   const dependencies = readStringMap(readJsonObject(npmPackageJsonPath)?.dependencies);
   const stale: StaleManagedNpmBundledPlugin[] = [];
 
-  for (const packageName of Object.keys(dependencies).toSorted()) {
+  for (const packageName of Object.keys(dependencies).toSorted((left, right) =>
+    left.localeCompare(right),
+  )) {
     if (!packageName.startsWith("@openclaw/")) {
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/stale-local-bundled-plugin-install-records.ts b/src/plugins/stale-local-bundled-plugin-install-records.ts
index 6e34c464214..f1c5c220a9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/stale-local-bundled-plugin-install-records.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/stale-local-bundled-plugin-install-records.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ export type StaleLocalBundledPluginInstallRecord = {
   bundledPath: string;
 };
 
-function escapeRegExp(input: string): string {
-  return input.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
-}
-
 function normalizePathForCompare(rawPath: string, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): string {
   return path.resolve(normalizeBundledLookupPath(resolveUserPath(rawPath, env)));
 }
@@ -34,11 +30,14 @@ function primaryInstallRecordPath(record: PluginInstallRecord): {
 }
 
 function looksLikeCompiledBundledPluginPath(targetPath: string, pluginId: string): boolean {
-  const normalized = normalizeBundledLookupPath(targetPath).split(path.sep).join("/");
-  const escapedPluginId = escapeRegExp(pluginId);
-  return new RegExp(`(?:^|/)(?:dist|dist-runtime)/extensions/${escapedPluginId}(?:$|/)`).test(
-    normalized,
-  );
+  const segments = normalizeBundledLookupPath(targetPath).split(/[\\/]+/u);
+  return segments.some((segment, index) => {
+    return (
+      (segment === "dist" || segment === "dist-runtime") &&
+      segments[index + 1] === "extensions" &&
+      segments[index + 2] === pluginId
+    );
+  });
 }
 
 function hasStaleBundledVersion(
@@ -64,7 +63,9 @@ export function listStaleLocalBundledPluginInstallRecords(params: {
     });
   const stale: StaleLocalBundledPluginInstallRecord[] = [];
 
-  for (const [pluginId, record] of Object.entries(params.installRecords).toSorted()) {
+  for (const [pluginId, record] of Object.entries(params.installRecords).toSorted(
+    ([left], [right]) => left.localeCompare(right),
+  )) {
     if (record.source !== "path") {
       continue;
     }