diff --git a/vendor/wheels/migrator/AutoMigrator.cfc b/vendor/wheels/migrator/AutoMigrator.cfc
index 5aa6f53c7..35fb7c6e6 100644
--- a/vendor/wheels/migrator/AutoMigrator.cfc
+++ b/vendor/wheels/migrator/AutoMigrator.cfc
@@ -128,10 +128,8 @@ component extends="wheels.migrator.Base" {
 				// "text" where the model declared "string" (and similarly for
 				// the INTEGER/REAL affinities). Normalize the affinity-equivalent
 				// pairs so `migrate diff` doesn't emit spurious `text -> string`
-				// changes on a schema that is already in sync.
-				if ($getDBType() == "sqlite" && local.actualMigType == "text" && ListFindNoCase("string,text,datetime,date,time,boolean", local.expectedMigType)) {
-					local.actualMigType = local.expectedMigType;
-				}
+				// changes on a schema that is already in sync (#3565).
+				local.actualMigType = $normalizeMigTypeForDiff(local.actualMigType, local.expectedMigType);
 
 				local.typeChanged = (local.expectedMigType != local.actualMigType && local.actualMigType != "unknown");
 				local.sizeChanged = (
@@ -609,4 +607,29 @@ component extends="wheels.migrator.Base" {
 		return "unknown";
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Normalize an actual (DB-probed) migration type against the expected
+	 * (model-introspected) type before the diff comparison, so SQLite's
+	 * type-affinity collapse doesn't read as a spurious type change (#3565).
+	 *
+	 * SQLite stores VARCHAR/TEXT/DATETIME/DATE/TIME under a single TEXT
+	 * storage class. The model layer maps that TEXT back to "string"
+	 * (cf_sql_varchar), while the DB probe maps it to "text", so every stable
+	 * string-like column looked like a `text -> string` change. Return the
+	 * expected type in that case; otherwise return the actual type unchanged.
+	 *
+	 * Public ONLY so autoMigratorSpec can unit-test the affinity families
+	 * (same carve-out as $cfSqlTypeToMigrationType / $dbTypeToMigrationType).
+	 */
+	public string function $normalizeMigTypeForDiff(required string actualMigType, required string expectedMigType) {
+		if (
+			$getDBType() == "sqlite"
+			&& arguments.actualMigType == "text"
+			&& ListFindNoCase("string,text,datetime,date,time,boolean", arguments.expectedMigType)
+		) {
+			return arguments.expectedMigType;
+		}
+		return arguments.actualMigType;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/vendor/wheels/tests/specs/migrator/autoMigratorSpec.cfc b/vendor/wheels/tests/specs/migrator/autoMigratorSpec.cfc
index 984a49324..7e3324702 100644
--- a/vendor/wheels/tests/specs/migrator/autoMigratorSpec.cfc
+++ b/vendor/wheels/tests/specs/migrator/autoMigratorSpec.cfc
@@ -129,6 +129,43 @@ component extends="wheels.WheelsTest" {
 
 			});
 
+			describe("$normalizeMigTypeForDiff (SQLite text affinity, issue 3565)", () => {
+
+				it("treats text vs string as equivalent", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "string")).toBe("string");
+				});
+
+				it("treats text vs text as a no-op", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "text")).toBe("text");
+				});
+
+				it("treats text vs datetime as equivalent", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "datetime")).toBe("datetime");
+				});
+
+				it("treats text vs date as equivalent", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "date")).toBe("date");
+				});
+
+				it("treats text vs time as equivalent", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "time")).toBe("time");
+				});
+
+				it("treats text vs boolean as equivalent", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "boolean")).toBe("boolean");
+				});
+
+				it("does NOT normalize text vs integer (not a text-affinity pair)", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("text", "integer")).toBe("text");
+				});
+
+				it("does NOT normalize a non-text actual type", () => {
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("integer", "string")).toBe("integer");
+					expect(autoMigrator.$normalizeMigTypeForDiff("real", "float")).toBe("real");
+				});
+
+			});
+
 			describe("diff()", () => {
 
 				it("returns a struct with required keys", () => {