diff --git a/scripts/diff.py b/scripts/diff.py
index 6ffeb8f..9e927f0 100644
--- a/scripts/diff.py
+++ b/scripts/diff.py
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ def _apply_target_map(views: Dict[str, TargetView],
     return renamed
 
 
+def _bazel_renames(a: CanonicalModel, b: CanonicalModel,
+                   cfg: "MigrationConfig") -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Bazel label -> the name it is compared under, for every Bazel target the
+    diff renames (target_map). The ONE place that decision is made: the
+    comparison and the summaries apply it the same way, so an exclude_targets
+    entry (a CMake name) reaches a renamed Bazel target everywhere."""
+    return {bazel: cmake for cmake, bazel in cfg.target_map.items()
+            if bazel in b.targets}
+
+
 _LIBRARY_KINDS = {TargetKind.STATIC, TargetKind.SHARED, TargetKind.OBJECT,
                   TargetKind.INTERFACE}
 
@@ -298,7 +308,12 @@ def diff_models(a: CanonicalModel, b: CanonicalModel,
     # Reconstruct raw actions into comparable views (TUs + link flags + deps),
     # build-system-specific interpretation keyed on each model's tag.
     a_views = reconstruct(a)
-    b_views = _apply_target_map(reconstruct(b), cfg.target_map)
+    renames = _bazel_renames(a, b, cfg)
+    # Target renames come from the shared decision. Explicit target_map entries
+    # also rename DEPENDENCY references, even with no target node to rename.
+    view_map = dict(cfg.target_map)
+    view_map.update({name: label for label, name in renames.items()})
+    b_views = _apply_target_map(reconstruct(b), view_map)
     a_names = _participating(a_views, cfg)
     b_names = _participating(b_views, cfg)
 
@@ -481,15 +496,18 @@ def excluded_summary(a: CanonicalModel, b: CanonicalModel,
     if cfg.include_tests:
         participating.add(TargetRole.TEST)
 
-    def by_reason(model: CanonicalModel) -> dict:
+    def by_reason(model: CanonicalModel, renames: Dict[str, str]) -> dict:
+        # exclusion is decided on the name the diff compares under; the entry
+        # lists the target's own name (a Bazel label keeps its label)
         out: Dict[str, List[str]] = {}
         for name, t in sorted(reconstruct(model).items()):
-            if cfg.target_excluded(name):
+            if cfg.target_excluded(renames.get(name, name)):
                 out.setdefault("config_excluded", []).append(name)
             elif t.role not in participating:
                 out.setdefault(t.role.value, []).append(name)
         return out
-    return {"cmake": by_reason(a), "bazel": by_reason(b)}
+    return {"cmake": by_reason(a, {}),
+            "bazel": by_reason(b, _bazel_renames(a, b, cfg))}
 
 
 def summarize(discs: List[Discrepancy],
diff --git a/tests/test_engine.py b/tests/test_engine.py
index 3d28f8c..f21a261 100644
--- a/tests/test_engine.py
+++ b/tests/test_engine.py
@@ -600,6 +600,32 @@ def test_exclude_targets_suppresses_structural_diffs():
     assert "benchmark" in res["excluded"]["cmake"]["config_excluded"]
 
 
+def test_renamed_bazel_target_is_listed_as_excluded():
+    # target_map renames pkg:app to app; exclude_targets names app. The diff
+    # skips it, so the excluded summary must list it on the Bazel side too.
+    a = _bs(CanonicalModel(), is_bazel=False); a.add(_exe("app", [], False))
+    b = _bs(CanonicalModel(), is_bazel=True); b.add(_exe("pkg:app", [], True))
+    cfg = MigrationConfig(target_map={"app": "pkg:app"}, exclude_targets={"app"})
+    res = summarize(diff_models(a, b, cfg), a, b, cfg)
+    assert res["discrepancies"] == [], res
+    assert res["excluded"]["bazel"] == {"config_excluded": ["pkg:app"]}, res
+    assert res["excluded"]["cmake"] == {"config_excluded": ["app"]}, res
+
+
+def test_target_map_still_renames_a_dependency_with_no_target_node():
+    # An external dep spelled foo by CMake and pkg:foo by Bazel, aligned by a
+    # target_map entry; no pkg:foo target exists. The entry must still rename
+    # the dependency reference, as it always has.
+    def m(dep, is_bazel):
+        model = _bs(CanonicalModel(), is_bazel)
+        model.add(Target("lib", TargetKind.STATIC, role=TargetRole.PRODUCTION,
+                         deps=[Dependency(dep, external=True)],
+                         actions=[tu_from_raw("src/a.cpp", [], is_bazel)]))
+        return model
+    a, b = m("foo", False), m("pkg:foo", True)
+    assert diff_models(a, b, MigrationConfig(target_map={"foo": "pkg:foo"})) == []
+
+
 def test_config_loads_all_fields_from_json():
     # The skill drives the diff via a any2bazel.json on disk, so loading must
     # populate every lever. Guards against a field added to the dataclass but