diff --git a/changelog.d/fix-nc-sa-2027-cola-test.fixed.md b/changelog.d/fix-nc-sa-2027-cola-test.fixed.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the 2027 North Carolina Special Assistance test case to the announced 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.
diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/nc/ncdhhs/sa/nc_sa.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/nc/ncdhhs/sa/nc_sa.yaml
index d7a1f2a8e82..5d68f366ba9 100644
--- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/nc/ncdhhs/sa/nc_sa.yaml
+++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/nc/ncdhhs/sa/nc_sa.yaml
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@
     nc_sa: 0
 
 # G.S. 108A-42.1 adjusts the rates each January 1 by the Social Security
-# cost-of-living adjustment. The 2027 rate and FBR are projections.
+# cost-of-living adjustment. The 2027 FBR is SSA's announced amount; the 2027
+# rate applies SSA's 2027 uprating index until North Carolina publishes it.
 # https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_108A/GS_108A-42.1.pdf
 - name: Case 37, basic facility rate follows the cost-of-living adjustment in 2027.
   period: 2027-01
@@ -495,13 +496,12 @@
     age: 65
     nc_sa_care_setting: ADULT_CARE_HOME
   output:
-    # 1,397 uprated by the projected Social Security index and rounded to the
-    # dollar.
-    nc_sa_rate: 1_436
-    # Projected FBR.
-    ssi: 1_021.83
-    # 1,436 + 70 - 1,021.83 = 484.17 -> 484.
-    nc_sa: 484
+    # 1,397 * 328.746 / 317.265 = 1,447.55 -> 1,448.
+    nc_sa_rate: 1_448
+    # 2027 FBR.
+    ssi: 1_029
+    # 1,448 + 70 - 1,029 = 489.
+    nc_sa: 489
 
 # An applicant "ineligible for SSI solely due to being over income for SSI"
 # qualifies without applying for SSI (SA-3100 I, II.A.6): "If the a/b