diff --git a/scripts/check_freshness.py b/scripts/check_freshness.py
index 4cd9b415..3850b389 100644
--- a/scripts/check_freshness.py
+++ b/scripts/check_freshness.py
@@ -300,6 +300,45 @@ def check_platforms(platforms_dir: Path, workdir: Path, jobs: int) -> list[Findi
     return sorted(findings, key=lambda f: f.subject)
 
 
+_EJS_VERSION_RE = re.compile(r"^ARG EMULATORJS_VERSION=(\S+)", re.MULTILINE)
+ROMM_DOCKERFILES = ("docker/Dockerfile", "Dockerfile")
+
+
+def emulatorjs_pin(dockerfile: str) -> str | None:
+    """The EmulatorJS release a RomM image installs, from its Dockerfile."""
+    match = _EJS_VERSION_RE.search(dockerfile)
+    return match.group(1) if match else None
+
+
+def check_emulatorjs(platforms_dir: Path, offline: bool) -> Finding:
+    """emulatorjs.yml against the EmulatorJS release RomM's image installs.
+
+    emulatorjs.yml is not a registered platform, so no scrape covers it: a
+    RomM moving to a newer EmulatorJS changed the cores its users run with
+    nothing to say so.
+    """
+    subject = "romm emulatorjs"
+    with (platforms_dir / "emulatorjs.yml").open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        local = str((yaml_load(fh) or {}).get("version", ""))
+    if offline:
+        return Finding("platforms", subject, SKIPPED, local=local, detail="offline")
+    with (platforms_dir / "romm.yml").open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        tag = str((yaml_load(fh) or {}).get("version", ""))
+    for path in ROMM_DOCKERFILES:
+        try:
+            text = upstream._http_text(
+                f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rommapp/romm/{tag}/{path}")
+        except upstream.UpstreamError as exc:
+            return Finding("platforms", subject, UNKNOWN, local=local, detail=str(exc))
+        pin = emulatorjs_pin(text or "")
+        if pin:
+            return Finding("platforms", subject, OK if pin == local else STALE,
+                           local=local, remote=pin,
+                           detail=f"RomM {tag} installs EmulatorJS {pin}")
+    return Finding("platforms", subject, UNKNOWN, local=local,
+                   detail=f"no EMULATORJS_VERSION in RomM {tag}'s Dockerfile")
+
+
 # --- native originals --------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1091,6 +1130,7 @@ def main() -> int:
                 if args.offline
                 else check_platforms(platforms_dir, workdir, args.jobs)
             )
+            findings.append(check_emulatorjs(platforms_dir, args.offline))
         if "native" in areas:
             findings.extend(
                 check_native(platforms_dir, Path(args.native_cache_dir), Path(args.truth_dir))
diff --git a/tests/test_check_freshness.py b/tests/test_check_freshness.py
index beff1a61..c347760d 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_freshness.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_freshness.py
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ class RepositoryWiringTests(unittest.TestCase):
         solo = [f for f in findings if f.subject == "solo"]
         self.assertEqual([(f.status, f.detail) for f in solo], [(cf.OK, "every declared core")])
 
+    def test_romm_emulatorjs_pin_is_read_from_its_dockerfile(self):
+        """emulatorjs.yml is no registered platform: a RomM image moving to
+        another EmulatorJS changed the cores its users run, unnoticed."""
+        text = "FROM x\nARG EMULATORJS_VERSION=4.2.3\nARG EMULATORJS_SHA256=ab\n"
+        self.assertEqual(cf.emulatorjs_pin(text), "4.2.3")
+        self.assertIsNone(cf.emulatorjs_pin("FROM x\n"))
+
     def test_render_keeps_long_values_whole(self):
         """The profile_sync row lost the end of its sentence at 32 characters."""
         local = "12 profiles behind upstream, 103 refs to re-read"