diff --git a/django/bosscore/lookup.py b/django/bosscore/lookup.py
index 98fd1a4b..3e86e878 100644
--- a/django/bosscore/lookup.py
+++ b/django/bosscore/lookup.py
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ def update_lookup_experiment(lookup_key, boss_key, collection_name, experiment_n
 
 
             # update all channels that reference this experiment
-            all_lookup_objs = BossLookup.objects.filter(experiment_name=old_experiment_name).exclude(
-                lookup_key=lookup_key)
+            all_lookup_objs = BossLookup.objects.filter(
+                collection_name=collection_name, experiment_name=old_experiment_name).exclude(
+                    lookup_key=lookup_key)
             for item in all_lookup_objs:
 
                 split_key = item.boss_key.split('&')
diff --git a/django/bosscore/test/setup_db.py b/django/bosscore/test/setup_db.py
index 5771e793..8bbd4d82 100644
--- a/django/bosscore/test/setup_db.py
+++ b/django/bosscore/test/setup_db.py
@@ -91,15 +91,41 @@ def create_group(self, group_name):
     def insert_test_data(self):
 
         self.add_collection('col1', 'Description for collection1')
-        self.add_collection('col1-22', 'Description for collection1')
+        self.add_collection('col1-22', 'Description for collection1-22')
         self.add_collection('col2', 'Description for collection2')
+
         self.add_coordinate_frame('cf1', 'Description for cf1', 0, 1000, 0, 1000, 0, 1000, 4, 4, 4)
+        
         self.add_experiment('col1', 'exp1', 'cf1', 10, 10, 1)
         self.add_experiment('col1', 'exp22', 'cf1', 10, 500, 1)
+
+        self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'channel1', 0, 0, 'uint8', 'image')
+        self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'channel2', 0, 0, 'uint8', 'image')
+        self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'channel3', 0, 0, 'uint64', 'annotation', ['channel1'])
+        self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'layer1', 0, 0, 'uint64', 'annotation', ['channel1'])
+
+    def insert_lookup_test_data(self):
+        """
+        Test data for LookupTest test case.
+        """
+
+        self.add_collection('col1', 'Description for collection1')
+        self.add_collection('col2', 'Description for collection2')
+
+        self.add_coordinate_frame('cf1', 'Description for cf1', 0, 1000, 0, 1000, 0, 1000, 4, 4, 4)
+        
+        self.add_experiment('col1', 'exp1', 'cf1', 10, 10, 1)
+
+        # This experiment is _purposed_ named the same as the exp in col1.
+        # Ensuring that renaming an experiment does not affect experiments with
+        # the same name in other collections.
+        self.add_experiment('col2', 'exp1', 'cf1', 10, 500, 1)
+
         self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'channel1', 0, 0, 'uint8', 'image')
         self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'channel2', 0, 0, 'uint8', 'image')
         self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'channel3', 0, 0, 'uint64', 'annotation', ['channel1'])
         self.add_channel('col1', 'exp1', 'layer1', 0, 0, 'uint64', 'annotation', ['channel1'])
+        self.add_channel('col2', 'exp1', 'channel1', 0, 0, 'uinit8', 'image')
 
     def insert_spatialdb_test_data(self):
 
diff --git a/django/bosscore/test/test_lookup.py b/django/bosscore/test/test_lookup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8935cabe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/bosscore/test/test_lookup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2016 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from bosscore.lookup import LookUpKey
+from bosscore.models import Collection, Experiment, Channel
+from bosscore.models import BossLookup
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+from .setup_db import SetupTestDB
+import unittest
+
+
+class LookupTest(APITestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        dbsetup = SetupTestDB()
+        user = dbsetup.create_user('testuser')
+        dbsetup.add_role('resource-manager')
+        dbsetup.set_user(user)
+
+        self.client.force_login(user)
+        dbsetup.insert_lookup_test_data()
+
+    def test_update_lookup_experiment(self):
+        """
+        On an experiment rename, make sure only resources that are children of
+        the experiment are changed.
+
+        This is a regression test.
+        """
+        new_exp_name = 'new_exp'
+        collection = 'col2'
+        orig_exp_name = 'exp1'
+
+        collection_obj = Collection.objects.get(name=collection)
+        experiment_obj = Experiment.objects.get(name=orig_exp_name, collection=collection_obj)
+        lookup_key = str(collection_obj.pk) + '&' + str(experiment_obj.pk)
+        boss_key = collection_obj.name + '&' + new_exp_name
+
+        # Method under test.
+        LookUpKey.update_lookup_experiment(
+                lookup_key, boss_key, collection_obj.name, new_exp_name)
+
+        # There should be still 5 rows in the lookup table with orig_exp_name
+        # as the experiment name under col1.  There should be the experiment
+        # and 4 channels.
+        all_lookup_objs = BossLookup.objects.filter(experiment_name=orig_exp_name)
+        self.assertEqual(5, len(all_lookup_objs))