diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index d9c604b6..f3467949 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 # CaPyCli - Clearing Automation Python Command Line Tool for SW360
 
+## NEXT
+
+* `bom map` will provide the `purl` from SW360 in the output BOM's components
+  (due to a missing code path, PURL from input BOM was copied to mapping result instead)
+
 ## 2.9.0
 
 * drop support for Python 3.8, so we can update urllib3 to fix CVE-2025-50181 and -50182.
diff --git a/Readme_Mapping.md b/Readme_Mapping.md
index bfff419b..aa7cc256 100644
--- a/Readme_Mapping.md
+++ b/Readme_Mapping.md
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ also by the `package-url`s of their releases.
 
 PackageURL subpath and qualifiers are currently ignored during PURL matching.
 
-Note that we consider PackageURLs as *unique identifier*, so if two releases or
-components have the *same* external ID, a warning will be printed and the
-external ids will be completely ignored and mapping will continue with the
-other search steps like by file hash, by name and version etc.
-
 ## Example 1: Very Simple, Full Match
 
 The input SBOM contains two releases:
diff --git a/capycli/bom/map_bom.py b/capycli/bom/map_bom.py
index a8fa8a39..409f3b74 100644
--- a/capycli/bom/map_bom.py
+++ b/capycli/bom/map_bom.py
@@ -515,12 +515,11 @@ def update_bom_item(self, component: Optional[Component], match: Dict[str, Any])
             if version:
                 component.version = version
 
-            value_match = match.get("RepositoryId", "")
-            if not value_match.startswith("pkg:"):
-                value_match = None
-
-            if value_match:
-                component.purl = PackageURL.from_string(value_match)
+            try:
+                # take over purl from match to SBOM if valid
+                component.purl = PackageURL.from_string(purl)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
 
         # update if current is empty
         value_match = match.get("Language", "")
diff --git a/capycli/common/component_cache.py b/capycli/common/component_cache.py
index 365cd775..780e7ffe 100644
--- a/capycli/common/component_cache.py
+++ b/capycli/common/component_cache.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def convert_release_details(cls, client: sw360.SW360, details: Dict[str, Any]) -
             if "externalIds" in details:
                 release["ExternalIds"] = details["externalIds"]
             else:
-                release["ExternalIds"] = []
+                release["ExternalIds"] = {}
             release["CreatedOn"] = cls.get_value_or_default(details, "createdOn")
             release["MainlineState"] = cls.get_value_or_default(
                 details, "mainlineState"
diff --git a/capycli/common/purl_store.py b/capycli/common/purl_store.py
index fe551594..4d3f9e66 100644
--- a/capycli/common/purl_store.py
+++ b/capycli/common/purl_store.py
@@ -76,12 +76,8 @@ def get_by_version(self, purl: PackageURL) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """
         Retrieve entries by version from the cache.
 
-        If qualifiers are provided in the PackageURL, only entries matching
-        all qualifiers will be returned. If no qualifiers match, the method
-        falls back to returning all entries for the specified version.
-
-        :param purl: The PackageURL object containing type, namespace, name, version, and qualifiers.
-        :return: A list of matching entries or None if no matches are found.
+        :param purl: The PackageURL object containing type, namespace, name, and version.
+        :return: List of entries (dicts with "purl" and "href") matching the version.
         """
         entries = self.get_by_name(purl)
         if entries and purl.version in entries:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/sbom_for_mapping1.json b/tests/fixtures/sbom_for_mapping1.json
index abea8d9d..ab058209 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/sbom_for_mapping1.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/sbom_for_mapping1.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
           }
         }
       ],
-      "purl": "pkg:pypi/colorama@0.4.3",
+      "purl": "pkg:pypi/colorama@0.4.3?file_name=colorama-0.4.3.tar.gz",
       "externalReferences": [
         {
           "url": "https://pypi.org/project/colorama/#files",
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@
       ]
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_bom_map2.py b/tests/test_bom_map2.py
index 17f35428..b247af09 100644
--- a/tests/test_bom_map2.py
+++ b/tests/test_bom_map2.py
@@ -1105,6 +1105,9 @@ def test_mapping_multiple_match_by_id(self) -> None:
         assert sbom is not None
         assert len(sbom.components) == 1
         assert sbom.components[0].version == "0.4.3"
+        # assure we get the PURL from the release, not from input BOM
+        # (which has PURL with file_name qualifier)
+        assert sbom.components[0].purl == PackageURL.from_string("pkg:pypi/colorama@0.4.3")
         prop = CycloneDxSupport.get_property_value(sbom.components[0], CycloneDxSupport.CDX_PROP_MAPRESULT)
         assert prop == MapResult.FULL_MATCH_BY_ID
         prop = CycloneDxSupport.get_property_value(sbom.components[0], CycloneDxSupport.CDX_PROP_COMPONENT_ID)
@@ -1134,7 +1137,7 @@ def provide_cache_responses(self) -> None:
                             "componentId" : "678dstzd8",
                             "componentType" : "OSS",
                             "externalIds" : {
-                                "package-url" : "pkg:pypi/colorama@0.4.3"
+                                "package-url" : "pkg:pypi/colorama@0.4.3?file_name=colorama-0.4.3.tar.gz"
                             },
                             "createdOn" : "2016-12-18",
                             "mainlineState" : "SPECIFIC",