diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05c13869..247aced1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - fix: correct wrong dict key in VMRay _compute_monitor_threads assertion (used thread_id instead of process_id) @williballenthin
 fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
 - fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
+- fix: allocate feat_dict per feature in parse_json to avoid shared-reference aliasing @williballenthin (SURF-72)
 - fix: add missing capa.features.extractors.elf import to ghidra/helpers.py and ida/helpers.py @williballenthin (SURF-71)
 - fix: remove dead view_tab_rulegen assignment from CapaExplorerForm that was never read @williballenthin (SURF-70)
 - fix: remove dead reset_query method from CapaExplorerSearchProxyModel that was never called @williballenthin (SURF-69)
diff --git a/capa/ghidra/plugin/capa_explorer.py b/capa/ghidra/plugin/capa_explorer.py
index 974a8150..1eb9ebf3 100644
--- a/capa/ghidra/plugin/capa_explorer.py
+++ b/capa/ghidra/plugin/capa_explorer.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def get_capabilities():
     rules_dir = ""
 
     show_monitor_message(f"requesting capa {capa.version.__version__} rules directory")
-    selected_dir = askDirectory(f"choose capa {capa.version.__version__} rules directory", "Ok")  # type: ignore [name-defined] # noqa: F821
+    selected_dir = askDirectory(f"choose capa {capa.version.__version__} rules directory", "Ok")  # type: ignore[name-defined]  # noqa: F821  # Ghidra scripting environment provides this builtin
 
     if selected_dir:
         rules_dir = selected_dir.getPath()
@@ -346,10 +346,8 @@ def parse_json(capa_data):
             # feature[0]: location
             # feature[1]: node
             features = capability.get("matches")[i][1]
-            feat_dict = {}
             for feature in get_locations(features):
-                feat_dict[feature[0]] = feature[1]
-                rule_matches[match_loc].append(feat_dict)
+                rule_matches[match_loc].append({feature[0]: feature[1]})
 
         # dict data of currently matched rule
         meta = capability["meta"]
@@ -401,7 +399,7 @@ def main():
     for c in choice_labels:
         choice_labels_java.add(c)
 
-    selected = list(askChoices("capa explorer", "select actions:", choices_java, choice_labels_java))  # type: ignore [name-defined] # noqa: F821
+    selected = list(askChoices("capa explorer", "select actions:", choices_java, choice_labels_java))  # type: ignore[name-defined]  # noqa: F821  # Ghidra scripting environment provides this builtin
 
     do_namespaces = "namespaces" in selected
     do_comments = "comments" in selected