diff --git a/src/internal/utils.rs b/src/internal/utils.rs
index 8609b2e..8db7c39 100644
--- a/src/internal/utils.rs
+++ b/src/internal/utils.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,22 @@ pub unsafe fn pyobject_hash(
         return Err(pyo3::PyErr::take(py).unwrap());
     }
 
-    Ok(py_hash as u64)
+    Ok(mix_hash(py_hash as u64))
+}
+
+/// Spreads entropy of a Python hash across all 64 bits.
+///
+/// CPython hashes are frequently low-entropy in the high bits: `hash(n) == n` for
+/// small ints, and many floats/tuples hash to small values. The vendored hashbrown
+/// table takes its 7-bit SIMD control tag from the **top** bits of the hash, so such
+/// keys all get the same tag and every probe degenerates into a chain of Python
+/// `__eq__` calls. A folded 128-bit multiply (as in foldhash/wyhash) fixes the tag
+/// distribution for ~1 ns. The mixed value never leaves the table.
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn mix_hash(h: u64) -> u64 {
+    const K: u64 = 0x9E37_79B9_7F4A_7C15;
+    let p = (h ^ K) as u128 * K as u128;
+    (p as u64) ^ ((p >> 64) as u64)
 }
 
 /// Pointer-equality fast path, then Python `==`.
diff --git a/tests/test_hashing.py b/tests/test_hashing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b6e613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_hashing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""Key hashing edge cases, for every cache type.
+
+The tables mix Python hashes internally; these tests pin down that key
+identity still follows Python semantics (equal objects share an entry, equal
+hashes alone do not).
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+import cachebox
+
+
+def _make(cache_cls, maxsize=0):
+    if cache_cls is cachebox.TTLCache:
+        return cache_cls(maxsize, 3600)
+    return cache_cls(maxsize)
+
+
+def test_equal_numbers_share_one_entry(cache_cls):
+    c = _make(cache_cls)
+    c[1] = "int"
+    c[1.0] = "float"
+    c[True] = "bool"
+    assert len(c) == 1
+    assert c[1] == "bool"
+
+
+def test_equal_hash_but_unequal_keys_are_distinct(cache_cls):
+    # In CPython hash(-1) == hash(-2) == -2.
+    assert hash(-1) == hash(-2)
+    c = _make(cache_cls)
+    c[-1] = "minus one"
+    c[-2] = "minus two"
+    assert len(c) == 2
+    assert c[-1] == "minus one"
+    assert c[-2] == "minus two"
+
+
+class _ConstantHash:
+    def __init__(self, n):
+        self.n = n
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return 42
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return isinstance(other, _ConstantHash) and other.n == self.n
+
+
+def test_all_keys_colliding(cache_cls):
+    c = _make(cache_cls)
+    keys = [_ConstantHash(i) for i in range(100)]
+    for k in keys:
+        c[k] = k.n
+    assert len(c) == 100
+    for k in keys:
+        assert c[_ConstantHash(k.n)] == k.n
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "keys",
+    [
+        range(2_000),
+        range(-1_000, 1_000),
+        [i * 2**61 for i in range(1, 1_000)],
+        [i + 0.5 for i in range(1_000)],
+    ],
+    ids=["small-ints", "negative-ints", "huge-ints", "floats"],
+)
+def test_many_low_entropy_keys(cache_cls, keys):
+    keys = list(keys)
+    c = _make(cache_cls)
+    for k in keys:
+        c[k] = k
+    assert len(c) == len(set(keys))
+    for k in keys:
+        assert c[k] == k
+    for k in keys[::2]:
+        del c[k]
+    for i, k in enumerate(keys):
+        assert (k in c) == (i % 2 == 1)
diff --git a/tests/test_impls.py b/tests/test_impls.py
index 20141c5..6d1ff19 100644
--- a/tests/test_impls.py
+++ b/tests/test_impls.py
@@ -1550,11 +1550,14 @@ def test_items_with_expire(self):
             assert isinstance(ttl, float)
 
     def test_sweep_interval(self):
-        obj = cachebox.TTLCache(10, 3, {1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 3}, sweep_interval=3)
+        # Entries expire at t≈1s and the sweeper wakes every second. The sweep at
+        # t≈1s races with expiry (Event.wait() may return a few ms early, notably on
+        # Windows), so assert only after the next sweep at t≈2s has surely run.
+        obj = cachebox.TTLCache(10, 1, {1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 3}, sweep_interval=1)
 
         # __len__ doesn't call expire itself
         assert len(obj) == 3
-        time.sleep(3.5)
+        time.sleep(2.5)
         assert len(obj) == 0