diff --git a/bridge/ghidra/ReaGhidraBridge.java b/bridge/ghidra/ReaGhidraBridge.java
index 25256fcc90..af473c070b 100644
--- a/bridge/ghidra/ReaGhidraBridge.java
+++ b/bridge/ghidra/ReaGhidraBridge.java
@@ -1337,12 +1337,7 @@ public final class ReaGhidraBridge extends HeadlessScript {
         result.add("references", references);
         if (includeIncoming) {
             TreeMap<String, Reference> incoming = new TreeMap<>();
-            ReferenceIterator incomingIterator = currentProgram.getReferenceManager().getReferencesTo(address);
-            while (incomingIterator.hasNext()) {
-                monitor.checkCancelled();
-                Reference reference = incomingIterator.next();
-                if (!reference.isEntryPointReference()) addReference(incoming, reference);
-            }
+            visitObservedReferencesTo(address, reference -> addReference(incoming, reference));
             List<Reference> orderedIncoming = new ArrayList<>(incoming.values());
             orderedIncoming.sort(REFERENCE_ORDER);
             JsonArray incomingReferences = new JsonArray();
@@ -1394,16 +1389,8 @@ public final class ReaGhidraBridge extends HeadlessScript {
         requireKeys(params, Set.of("document", "address"));
         requireDocument(params);
         Address address = requireAddress(params, "address");
-        ReferenceIterator references = currentProgram.getReferenceManager().getReferencesTo(address);
         Set<Address> sources = new HashSet<>();
-        while (references.hasNext()) {
-            monitor.checkCancelled();
-            Reference reference = references.next();
-            if (reference.isEntryPointReference()) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            sources.add(reference.getFromAddress());
-            }
+        visitObservedReferencesTo(address, reference -> sources.add(reference.getFromAddress()));
         List<Address> ordered = new ArrayList<>(sources);
         ordered.sort(Address::compareTo);
         JsonArray result = new JsonArray();
@@ -3674,24 +3661,36 @@ public final class ReaGhidraBridge extends HeadlessScript {
             monitor.checkCancelled();
             Address address = addresses.next();
             if (outgoing) {
-                for (Reference reference : currentProgram.getReferenceManager()
-                        .getReferencesFrom(address)) {
-                    monitor.checkCancelled();
-                    if (!reference.isEntryPointReference()) visitor.accept(reference);
-                }
+                visitObservedReferencesFrom(address, visitor);
             }
             else {
-                ReferenceIterator iterator = currentProgram.getReferenceManager()
-                    .getReferencesTo(address);
-                while (iterator.hasNext()) {
-                    monitor.checkCancelled();
-                    Reference reference = iterator.next();
-                    if (!reference.isEntryPointReference()) visitor.accept(reference);
-                }
+                visitObservedReferencesTo(address, visitor);
             }
         }
     }
 
+    private void visitObservedReferencesFrom(Address address, ReferenceVisitor visitor)
+            throws Exception {
+        for (Reference reference : currentProgram.getReferenceManager().getReferencesFrom(address)) {
+            monitor.checkCancelled();
+            visitObservedReference(reference, visitor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void visitObservedReferencesTo(Address address, ReferenceVisitor visitor)
+            throws Exception {
+        ReferenceIterator references = currentProgram.getReferenceManager().getReferencesTo(address);
+        while (references.hasNext()) {
+            monitor.checkCancelled();
+            visitObservedReference(references.next(), visitor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void visitObservedReference(Reference reference, ReferenceVisitor visitor)
+            throws Exception {
+        if (!reference.isEntryPointReference()) visitor.accept(reference);
+    }
+
     private static void addReference(TreeMap<String, Reference> observed, Reference reference) {
         String key = canonicalAddress(reference.getFromAddress()) + "\u0000" +
             canonicalAddress(reference.getToAddress()) + "\u0000" +
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraAnalysisProfile.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraAnalysisProfile.ts
index 01e87ac6b3..7d6a8e1223 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraAnalysisProfile.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraAnalysisProfile.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import {
 } from "../domain/native/nativeAotPe.js";
 
 const callRelationshipCoverage = "function-body-call-coverage-v5";
+const instructionReferenceCoverage =
+  "exact-address-incoming-without-synthetic-entry-v2";
 
 /**
  * The processor language REA pins for this target, or undefined when Ghidra may
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ export const resolveGhidraAnalysisProfile = async (
           procedure_file_offset_resolution:
             "address-first-unique-target-source-mapping-v2",
           instruction_flow_evidence: "decoded-return-pcode-v1",
-          instruction_references: "exact-address-incoming-v1",
+          instruction_references: instructionReferenceCoverage,
           function_boundary_observations:
             "ghidra-function-boundary-limitations-v3",
           no_return_repair:
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ export const resolveGhidraAnalysisProfile = async (
         procedure_file_offset_resolution:
           "address-first-unique-target-source-mapping-v2",
         instruction_flow_evidence: "decoded-return-pcode-v1",
-        instruction_references: "exact-address-incoming-v1",
+        instruction_references: instructionReferenceCoverage,
         function_boundary_observations:
           "ghidra-function-boundary-limitations-v3",
         no_return_repair:
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraSnapshotCache.test.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraSnapshotCache.test.ts
index fa7b35c224..16dad277d8 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraSnapshotCache.test.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraSnapshotCache.test.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@ describe("Ghidra snapshot profile admission", () => {
   it.each([
     {
       parameter: "instruction_references",
-      current: "exact-address-incoming-v1",
+      current: "exact-address-incoming-without-synthetic-entry-v2",
+      legacy: "exact-address-incoming-v1",
+    },
+    {
+      parameter: "instruction_references",
+      current: "exact-address-incoming-without-synthetic-entry-v2",
       legacy: undefined,
     },
     {