diff --git a/src/components/modals/edit-node-modal.tsx b/src/components/modals/edit-node-modal.tsx
index dd11186..140d8b5 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/edit-node-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/modals/edit-node-modal.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { useUserStore } from "@/stores/user-store"
 import { adminUpdateNode } from "@/lib/graph-api"
 import { isMocksEnabled } from "@/lib/mock-data"
 import { SYSTEM_ATTRIBUTES, fieldsForSchema } from "@/lib/node-schema-utils"
+import { resolveNodeTitle } from "@/lib/node-display"
 import {
   computeMappings,
   type ExactMapping,
@@ -377,13 +378,15 @@ export function EditNodeModal() {
   // ----- Render -----
   if (!isOpen || !editingNode) return null
 
+  const displayTitle = resolveNodeTitle(editingNode, schemas)
+
   return (
     <Dialog open={isOpen} onOpenChange={(open) => !open && close()}>
       <DialogContent className="border-border/50 bg-card noise-bg sm:max-w-lg max-h-[90vh] flex flex-col overflow-hidden">
         <DialogHeader className="shrink-0">
           <DialogTitle className="font-heading text-lg tracking-wide">Edit Node</DialogTitle>
           <DialogDescription className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-            Update properties for <span className="font-mono text-foreground/80">{editingNode.ref_id}</span>
+            Update properties for <span className="font-mono text-foreground/80">{displayTitle}</span>
           </DialogDescription>
         </DialogHeader>
 
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/edit-node-modal.test.tsx b/src/lib/__tests__/edit-node-modal.test.tsx
index b33de0c..48104dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/edit-node-modal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/edit-node-modal.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ import React from "react"
 // Hoisted mocks
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// node-display mock — controlled per test
+let mockResolveNodeTitle = vi.fn((node: Record<string, unknown>) => node.ref_id as string)
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/node-display", () => ({
+  resolveNodeTitle: (...args: unknown[]) => mockResolveNodeTitle(args[0] as Record<string, unknown>),
+}))
+
+
 const { mockAdminUpdateNode } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   mockAdminUpdateNode: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
 }))
@@ -130,6 +138,7 @@ describe("EditNodeModal", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks()
     mockAdminUpdateNode.mockResolvedValue({})
+    mockResolveNodeTitle = vi.fn((node: Record<string, unknown>) => node.ref_id as string)
     closeModal()
   })
 
@@ -367,6 +376,33 @@ describe("EditNodeModal", () => {
       expect(mockClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
     })
   })
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // DialogDescription — resolved title display
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  describe("DialogDescription title resolution", () => {
+    it("shows resolved title (from title_key) in the description", () => {
+      mockResolveNodeTitle = vi.fn(() => "Alice")
+      openModal()
+      render(<EditNodeModal />)
+
+      expect(screen.getByText("Alice")).toBeDefined()
+      // Raw ref_id should NOT appear as the description span content
+      const description = screen.getByText(/Update properties for/)
+      expect(description.textContent).toContain("Alice")
+      expect(description.textContent).not.toContain("node-abc")
+    })
+
+    it("falls back to ref_id when no human-readable title exists", () => {
+      // Default mock already returns ref_id
+      mockResolveNodeTitle = vi.fn((node: Record<string, unknown>) => node.ref_id as string)
+      openModal()
+      render(<EditNodeModal />)
+
+      const description = screen.getByText(/Update properties for/)
+      expect(description.textContent).toContain("node-abc")
+    })
+  })
 })