diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc2411fd7c..549e4a4353 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* [FIX][rust] `parse_partial_blockchain_nodes` (sqlite-store) no longer panics when a `partial_blockchain_nodes.id` column reads back as `0` - `InOrderIndex` never constructs a zero index (its own constructor requires `NonZeroUsize`), so a stored `0` can only come from a corrupted or externally-tampered-with local database. Now surfaces as `StoreError::ParsingError` instead ([#2462](https://github.com/0xMiden/rust-sdk/pull/2462)).
 * [FIX][rust] `ChainAnchor` deserialization no longer panics on crafted input: a partial blockchain whose tracked leaf is missing an ancestor sibling, or whose block-map key disagrees with its header, is rejected as an invalid value, and anchors tracking more blocks than a transaction can reference are rejected early with the new `ChainAnchorError::TooManyTrackedBlocks` ([#2421](https://github.com/0xMiden/rust-sdk/pull/2421)).
 * [FIX][rust] `Client::execute_transaction_at` now fails with the new `ChainAnchorError::AnchoredTransactionExpired` when the executed transaction's expiration block has already been reached, instead of handing back a transaction the network would reject after proving ([#2421](https://github.com/0xMiden/rust-sdk/pull/2421)).
 * [FIX][rust] A request that sets `ignore_invalid_input_notes` but carries no input notes, or whose notes are all screened out, no longer fails with an out-of-range note-count error from the consumption checker ([#2421](https://github.com/0xMiden/rust-sdk/pull/2421)).
diff --git a/crates/sqlite-store/src/chain_data.rs b/crates/sqlite-store/src/chain_data.rs
index c61ac6d5f4..7ee422b171 100644
--- a/crates/sqlite-store/src/chain_data.rs
+++ b/crates/sqlite-store/src/chain_data.rs
@@ -366,12 +366,16 @@ fn parse_partial_blockchain_nodes_columns(
 fn parse_partial_blockchain_nodes(
     serialized_partial_blockchain_node_parts: &SerializedPartialBlockchainNodeParts,
 ) -> Result<(InOrderIndex, Word), StoreError> {
+    let raw_id = serialized_partial_blockchain_node_parts.id;
     let id = InOrderIndex::new(
-        NonZeroUsize::new(
-            usize::try_from(serialized_partial_blockchain_node_parts.id)
-                .expect("id is u64, should not fail"),
-        )
-        .unwrap(),
+        NonZeroUsize::new(usize::try_from(raw_id).expect("id is u64, should not fail")).ok_or_else(
+            || {
+                StoreError::ParsingError(format!(
+                    "partial_blockchain_nodes.id must be non-zero (0 is never a valid \
+                     InOrderIndex), got {raw_id}"
+                ))
+            },
+        )?,
     );
     let node: Word = Word::read_from_bytes(&serialized_partial_blockchain_node_parts.node)?;
     Ok((id, node))
@@ -409,6 +413,21 @@ mod test {
     use crate::SqliteStore;
     use crate::tests::create_test_store;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_partial_blockchain_nodes_rejects_zero_id_instead_of_panicking() {
+        // id=0 is never a valid InOrderIndex (its constructor requires NonZeroUsize, and
+        // from_leaf_pos's minimum output is 1), so a row with id=0 can only come from a
+        // corrupted or externally-tampered-with local database. This must surface as a
+        // StoreError, not panic the client.
+        let parts = super::SerializedPartialBlockchainNodeParts {
+            id: 0,
+            node: Word::default().to_bytes(),
+        };
+
+        let result = super::parse_partial_blockchain_nodes(&parts);
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(miden_client::store::StoreError::ParsingError(_))));
+    }
+
     async fn insert_dummy_block_headers(store: &mut SqliteStore) -> Vec<BlockHeader> {
         let block_headers: Vec<BlockHeader> = (0..5)
             .map(|block_num| {