diff --git a/lib/ruby_indexer/lib/ruby_indexer/prefix_tree.rb b/lib/ruby_indexer/lib/ruby_indexer/prefix_tree.rb
index d78b1003f9..90e5610c66 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_indexer/lib/ruby_indexer/prefix_tree.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_indexer/lib/ruby_indexer/prefix_tree.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ def insert(key, value)
         node = node.children[char] ||= Node.new(char, value, node)
       end
 
+      # This line is to allow a value to be overridden. When we are indexing files, we want to be able to update entries
+      # for a given fully qualified name if we find more occurrences of it. Without being able to override, that would
+      # not be possible
+      node.value = value
       node.leaf = true
     end
 
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ class Node
       attr_reader :key
 
       sig { returns(Value) }
-      attr_reader :value
+      attr_accessor :value
 
       sig { returns(T::Boolean) }
       attr_accessor :leaf
diff --git a/lib/ruby_indexer/test/prefix_tree_test.rb b/lib/ruby_indexer/test/prefix_tree_test.rb
index 34111986f4..d180bc9e46 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_indexer/test/prefix_tree_test.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_indexer/test/prefix_tree_test.rb
@@ -115,5 +115,15 @@ def test_deleted_node_is_removed_from_the_tree
       root = tree.instance_variable_get(:@root)
       assert_empty(root.children)
     end
+
+    def test_overriding_values
+      tree = PrefixTree[Integer].new
+
+      tree.insert("foo/bar", 123)
+      assert_equal([123], tree.search("foo/bar"))
+
+      tree.insert("foo/bar", 456)
+      assert_equal([456], tree.search("foo/bar"))
+    end
   end
 end