diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1710ae9..632fd1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 ### Changed
 
 - Improves autolink URL generation by improving the "best" remote detection — refs [#2425](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/2425)
+- Improves preserving the ref names in deeplinks to comparisons
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/commands/base.ts b/src/commands/base.ts
index bd351df..6d29bda 100644
--- a/src/commands/base.ts
+++ b/src/commands/base.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
 } from 'vscode';
 import { commands, Disposable, Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import type { ActionContext } from '../api/gitlens';
-import type { Commands } from '../constants';
+import type { Commands, StoredNamedRef } from '../constants';
 import type { GitBranch } from '../git/models/branch';
 import { isBranch } from '../git/models/branch';
 import type { GitCommit, GitStashCommit } from '../git/models/commit';
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ export function isCommandContextViewNodeHasFileRefs(context: CommandContext): co
 	);
 }
 
-export function isCommandContextViewNodeHasComparison(
-	context: CommandContext,
-): context is CommandViewNodeContext & { node: ViewNode & { _ref: { ref: string }; _compareWith: { ref: string } } } {
+export function isCommandContextViewNodeHasComparison(context: CommandContext): context is CommandViewNodeContext & {
+	node: ViewNode & { compareRef: StoredNamedRef; compareWithRef: StoredNamedRef };
+} {
 	if (context.type !== 'viewItem') return false;
 
 	return (
-		typeof (context.node as ViewNode & { _ref: { ref: string }; _compareWith: { ref: string } })._ref?.ref ===
-			'string' &&
-		typeof (context.node as ViewNode & { _ref: { ref: string }; _compareWith: { ref: string } })._compareWith
-			?.ref === 'string'
+		typeof (context.node as ViewNode & { compareRef: StoredNamedRef; compareWithRef: StoredNamedRef }).compareRef
+			?.ref === 'string' &&
+		typeof (context.node as ViewNode & { compareRef: StoredNamedRef; compareWithRef: StoredNamedRef })
+			.compareWithRef?.ref === 'string'
 	);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/copyDeepLink.ts b/src/commands/copyDeepLink.ts
index 0b0cb1b..4c492c1 100644
--- a/src/commands/copyDeepLink.ts
+++ b/src/commands/copyDeepLink.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { TextEditor, Uri } from 'vscode';
+import type { StoredNamedRef } from '../constants';
 import { Commands } from '../constants';
 import type { Container } from '../container';
 import { GitUri } from '../git/gitUri';
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ import {
 
 export interface CopyDeepLinkCommandArgs {
 	refOrRepoPath?: GitReference | string;
-	compareRef?: string;
-	compareWithRef?: string;
+	compareRef?: StoredNamedRef;
+	compareWithRef?: StoredNamedRef;
 	remote?: string;
 	prePickRemote?: boolean;
 }
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ export class CopyDeepLinkCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
 			} else if (isCommandContextViewNodeHasComparison(context)) {
 				args = {
 					refOrRepoPath: context.node.uri.fsPath,
-					compareRef: context.node._ref.ref,
-					compareWithRef: context.node._compareWith.ref,
+					compareRef: context.node.compareRef,
+					compareWithRef: context.node.compareWithRef,
 				};
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/uris/deepLinks/deepLinkService.ts b/src/uris/deepLinks/deepLinkService.ts
index 82f3ea6..0dffdaf 100644
--- a/src/uris/deepLinks/deepLinkService.ts
+++ b/src/uris/deepLinks/deepLinkService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Disposable, env, EventEmitter, ProgressLocation, Uri, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
-import type { StoredDeepLinkContext } from '../../constants';
+import type { StoredDeepLinkContext, StoredNamedRef } from '../../constants';
 import { Commands } from '../../constants';
 import type { Container } from '../../container';
 import { getBranchNameWithoutRemote } from '../../git/models/branch';
@@ -691,14 +691,14 @@ export class DeepLinkService implements Disposable {
 	async copyDeepLinkUrl(
 		repoPath: string,
 		remoteUrl: string,
-		compareRef?: string,
-		compareWithRef?: string,
+		compareRef?: StoredNamedRef,
+		compareWithRef?: StoredNamedRef,
 	): Promise<void>;
 	async copyDeepLinkUrl(
 		refOrRepoPath: string | GitReference,
 		remoteUrl: string,
-		compareRef?: string,
-		compareWithRef?: string,
+		compareRef?: StoredNamedRef,
+		compareWithRef?: StoredNamedRef,
 	): Promise<void> {
 		const url = await (typeof refOrRepoPath === 'string'
 			? this.generateDeepLinkUrl(refOrRepoPath, remoteUrl, compareRef, compareWithRef)
@@ -710,14 +710,14 @@ export class DeepLinkService implements Disposable {
 	async generateDeepLinkUrl(
 		repoPath: string,
 		remoteUrl: string,
-		compareRef?: string,
-		compareWithRef?: string,
+		compareRef?: StoredNamedRef,
+		compareWithRef?: StoredNamedRef,
 	): Promise<URL>;
 	async generateDeepLinkUrl(
 		refOrRepoPath: string | GitReference,
 		remoteUrl: string,
-		compareRef?: string,
-		compareWithRef?: string,
+		compareRef?: StoredNamedRef,
+		compareWithRef?: StoredNamedRef,
 	): Promise<URL> {
 		const repoPath = typeof refOrRepoPath !== 'string' ? refOrRepoPath.repoPath : refOrRepoPath;
 		let repoId;
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ export class DeepLinkService implements Disposable {
 
 		if (compareRef != null && compareWithRef != null) {
 			targetType = DeepLinkType.Comparison;
-			targetId = compareRef;
-			compareWithTargetId = compareWithRef;
+			targetId = compareRef.label ?? compareRef.ref;
+			compareWithTargetId = compareWithRef.label ?? compareWithRef.ref;
 		}
 
 		const schemeOverride = configuration.get('deepLinks.schemeOverride');
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/compareResultsNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/compareResultsNode.ts
index df181a5..7d2d915 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/compareResultsNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/compareResultsNode.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ export class CompareResultsNode extends ViewNode<SearchAndCompareView> {
 		return !this.pinned;
 	}
 
+	get compareRef(): StoredNamedRef {
+		return this._ref;
+	}
+
+	get compareWithRef(): StoredNamedRef {
+		return this._compareWith;
+	}
+
 	private readonly _order: number = Date.now();
 	get order(): number {
 		return this._pinned || this._order;