diff --git a/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/decoded_component.rs b/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/decoded_component.rs
index 2142e12..a9d1c75 100644
--- a/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/decoded_component.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/decoded_component.rs
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ pub struct DecodedComponent {
 }
 
 impl DecodedComponent {
+    /// Decode a publishing source. `package_override`, when supplied, is the
+    /// authoritative `(package, version)`; otherwise the identity is extracted
+    /// from the binary.
     pub async fn from_publishing_source(
         data: PublishingSource,
+        package_override: Option<(PackageRef, Version)>,
     ) -> Result<(PublishingSource, DecodedComponent), Error> {
         let (reader, decoded_wasm) = decode(SyncIoBridge::new(data)).await?;
-        let (package_ref, version) = extract_package_version(&decoded_wasm)?;
+        let (package_ref, version) = match package_override {
+            Some(id) => id,
+            None => extract_package_version(&decoded_wasm)?,
+        };
 
         let mut data = reader.into_inner();
         data.rewind().await?;
@@ -35,20 +42,6 @@ impl DecodedComponent {
         ))
     }
 
-    /// Like [`Self::from_publishing_source`] but overrides the derived
-    /// `(package, version)` identity with `package_override` when supplied.
-    pub async fn from_publishing_source_with_package(
-        data: PublishingSource,
-        package_override: Option<(PackageRef, Version)>,
-    ) -> Result<(PublishingSource, DecodedComponent), Error> {
-        let (data, mut decoded) = Self::from_publishing_source(data).await?;
-        if let Some((p, v)) = package_override {
-            decoded.package_ref = p;
-            decoded.version = v;
-        }
-        Ok((data, decoded))
-    }
-
     /// Construct from a registry content stream. Callers already know the
     /// `(package, version)` identity from the registry listing they followed
     /// to get here, so we take it as input rather than re-deriving it from
diff --git a/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/lib.rs b/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/lib.rs
index 5808600..9ef1913 100644
--- a/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm-pkg-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ impl Client {
 
         // construct verifiable publishing source
         let (data, candidate) =
-            DecodedComponent::from_publishing_source_with_package(data, pkg_authority).await?;
+            DecodedComponent::from_publishing_source(data, pkg_authority).await?;
 
         let (package, version) = (
             candidate.package().to_owned(),
diff --git a/crates/wasm-pkg-client/tests/publish_package_override.rs b/crates/wasm-pkg-client/tests/publish_package_override.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d7000e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/wasm-pkg-client/tests/publish_package_override.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+use std::{io::Cursor, path::Path};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use wasm_pkg_client::{Client, Config, PublishOpts};
+
+const WIT: &str = r#"
+package example:embedded@0.1.0;
+
+world the-world {
+    export base: func() -> u32;
+}
+"#;
+
+fn make_client(root: &Path) -> Client {
+    let toml = format!(
+        r#"
+default_registry = "local"
+
+[registry."local"]
+type = "local"
+
+[registry."local".local]
+root = '{}'
+"#,
+        root.display(),
+    );
+    let config = Config::from_toml(&toml).expect("local-backend config should parse");
+    Client::new(config)
+}
+
+fn component_bytes() -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut resolve = wit_parser::Resolve::new();
+    let pkg = resolve
+        .push_str("test.wit", WIT)
+        .expect("test WIT should parse");
+    let world = resolve
+        .select_world(&[pkg], None)
+        .expect("test WIT should have exactly one world");
+    let mut module =
+        wit_component::dummy_module(&resolve, world, wit_parser::ManglingAndAbi::Standard32);
+    wit_component::embed_component_metadata(
+        &mut module,
+        &resolve,
+        world,
+        wit_component::StringEncoding::UTF8,
+    )
+    .expect("component metadata should embed");
+    wit_component::ComponentEncoder::default()
+        .module(&module)
+        .expect("dummy module should be accepted")
+        .validate(true)
+        .encode()
+        .expect("dummy module should encode as a component")
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn override_supplies_identity_for_component() {
+    let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let client = make_client(tmp.path());
+
+    let opts = PublishOpts {
+        package: Some(("example:app".parse().unwrap(), "1.0.0".parse().unwrap())),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let (package, version) = client
+        .publish_release_data(Box::pin(Cursor::new(component_bytes())), opts)
+        .await
+        .expect("publishing a component with an explicit identity should succeed");
+
+    assert_eq!(package, "example:app".parse().unwrap());
+    assert_eq!(version, "1.0.0".parse().unwrap());
+    client
+        .get_release(&package, &version)
+        .await
+        .expect("published release should be retrievable at the supplied coordinate");
+}