diff --git a/scripts/test-terraform-import-plan-check.py b/scripts/test-terraform-import-plan-check.py
index 460a0cc1..465d2506 100755
--- a/scripts/test-terraform-import-plan-check.py
+++ b/scripts/test-terraform-import-plan-check.py
@@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ class ImportPlanCheckerTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse((REPOSITORY / "terraform" / "versions.tf").exists())
         self.assertFalse((REPOSITORY / "terraform" / "main.tf").exists())
 
-    def test_dev_adoption_complete_is_pinned_in_locals(self) -> None:
+    def test_adoption_complete_is_pinned_in_locals(self) -> None:
         dev = (REPOSITORY / "terraform/live/dev/main.tf").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         staging = (REPOSITORY / "terraform/live/staging/main.tf").read_text(
             encoding="utf-8"
         )
         self.assertRegex(dev, r"adoption_complete\s+= true")
-        self.assertRegex(staging, r"adoption_complete\s+= false")
+        self.assertRegex(staging, r"adoption_complete\s+= true")
         self.assertNotIn('variable "adoption_complete"', dev)
         self.assertNotIn('variable "environment"', dev)
         self.assertNotIn('variable "release_version_label"', dev)
diff --git a/terraform/live/README.md b/terraform/live/README.md
index aa85eec0..46fbfb20 100644
--- a/terraform/live/README.md
+++ b/terraform/live/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Live Terraform roots
 
 `live/dev/` is the adopted HCP workspace `shoc-frontend-new-dev`.
-`live/staging/` is `shoc-frontend-new-staging` (`adoption_complete = false`).
+`live/staging/` is `shoc-frontend-new-staging` (`adoption_complete = true`).
 
 Do not collapse these into one `terraform/` root in the same PR as application
 CD. Flattening retargets two live HCP working directories and belongs in its
diff --git a/terraform/live/staging/main.tf b/terraform/live/staging/main.tf
index 6d26831c..56606900 100644
--- a/terraform/live/staging/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/live/staging/main.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 locals {
-  # Staging is not fully adopted. Pinned in code, never a workspace variable.
-  adoption_complete = false
+  # Controlled ownership transfer. Pinned in code, never a workspace variable.
+  adoption_complete = true
 
   environment     = "staging"
   workspace_name  = "shoc-frontend-new-staging"