diff --git a/dcinfra/sensors/temper/lmsensors-extend.sh b/dcinfra/sensors/temper/lmsensors-extend.sh
index 9b10699..c8f5a06 100644
--- a/dcinfra/sensors/temper/lmsensors-extend.sh
+++ b/dcinfra/sensors/temper/lmsensors-extend.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ numeric_pick() {
         [[ "$pick" =~ $num_re ]] && { printf '%s\n' "$pick"; return 0; }
     done
     if [[ -n "$native" ]]; then
-        pick="$(grep -oE '\-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?' <<<"$native" | head -1)"
+        pick="$(grep -oE "\-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?°C" <<<"$native" | head -1)"; pick="${pick%°C}"
         [[ "$pick" =~ $num_re ]] && { printf '%s\n' "$pick"; return 0; }
     fi
     return 1
diff --git a/tests/unit/lmsensors-numeric.sh b/tests/unit/lmsensors-numeric.sh
index 2fa17b2..c0a44d6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lmsensors-numeric.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/lmsensors-numeric.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_numeric_falls_back_internal() {
 }
 
 test_numeric_uses_first_line_value() {
-    if [[ "$(numeric_pick "" "" "+27.5°C")" == "27.5" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$(numeric_pick "" "" "temp1:  +27.5°C (high = +84.0°C)")" == "27.5" ]]; then
         echo "✅ numeric_pick parses first native temp"
     else
         echo "❌ numeric_pick native parse broken: got '$(numeric_pick "" "" "+27.5°C")'"