diff --git a/python/xorq/caching/__init__.py b/python/xorq/caching/__init__.py
index d82871522..4de7779b0 100644
--- a/python/xorq/caching/__init__.py
+++ b/python/xorq/caching/__init__.py
@@ -149,17 +149,18 @@ def get_key(self, expr: ir.Expr):
 
 @frozen
 class SnapshotStrategy(CacheStrategy):
+    @classmethod
     @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def normalization_context(self, expr):
+    def normalization_context(cls, expr):
         typs = map(type, expr.ls.backends)
-        with patch_normalize_token(*typs, f=self.normalize_backend):
+        with patch_normalize_token(*typs, f=cls.normalize_backend):
             with patch_normalize_token(
                 ops.DatabaseTable,
-                f=self.normalize_databasetable,
+                f=cls.normalize_databasetable,
             ):
                 with patch_normalize_token(
                     Read,
-                    f=self.cached_normalize_read,
+                    f=cls.cached_normalize_read,
                 ):
                     yield
 
@@ -188,16 +189,18 @@ def rename_remote_table(node, _, **kwargs):
 
         return op.replace(rename_remote_table)
 
-    def replace_remote_table(self, expr):
+    @classmethod
+    def replace_remote_table(cls, expr):
         """replace remote table with deterministic name ***strictly for key calculation***"""
         if expr.op().find(RemoteTable):
-            expr = self.cached_replace_remote_table(expr.op()).to_expr()
+            expr = cls.cached_replace_remote_table(expr.op()).to_expr()
         return expr
 
-    def get_key(self, expr: ir.Expr):
+    @classmethod
+    def get_key(cls, expr: ir.Expr):
         # can we cache this?
-        with self.normalization_context(expr):
-            replaced = self.replace_remote_table(expr)
+        with cls.normalization_context(expr):
+            replaced = cls.replace_remote_table(expr)
             tokenized = replaced.ls.tokenized
             return "-".join(("snapshot", tokenized))
 
diff --git a/python/xorq/tests/test_ls_accessor.py b/python/xorq/tests/test_ls_accessor.py
index aaa4dd361..883ec464b 100644
--- a/python/xorq/tests/test_ls_accessor.py
+++ b/python/xorq/tests/test_ls_accessor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import dask
 import pytest
 
 import xorq.api as xo
@@ -172,3 +173,34 @@ def test_cache_properties(parquet_dir, tmp_path):
     assert not psn1.to_expr().ls.cache_path.exists()
     assert not psn2.to_expr().ls.cache_path.exists()
     assert ssn.to_expr().ls.cache_path is None
+
+
+def test_tokenized_matches():
+    expr = xo.examples.batting.fetch()[lambda t: t.stint == 0]
+    actual = expr.ls.tokenized
+    expected = dask.base.tokenize(expr)
+    assert actual == expected
+
+
+def test_tokenized_changes():
+    expr = xo.examples.batting.fetch()[lambda t: t.stint == 0]
+    (path,) = (
+        Path(dict(op.read_kwargs)["path"])
+        for op in expr.op().find(xo.expr.relations.Read)
+    )
+    before = expr.ls.tokenized
+    path.touch()
+    after = expr.ls.tokenized
+    assert before != after
+
+
+def test_tokenized_snapshot():
+    expr = xo.examples.batting.fetch()[lambda t: t.stint == 0]
+    (path,) = (
+        Path(dict(op.read_kwargs)["path"])
+        for op in expr.op().find(xo.expr.relations.Read)
+    )
+    before = expr.ls.tokenized_snapshot
+    path.touch()
+    after = expr.ls.tokenized_snapshot
+    assert before == after
diff --git a/python/xorq/vendor/ibis/expr/types/core.py b/python/xorq/vendor/ibis/expr/types/core.py
index 9ea06b334..506cbcf80 100644
--- a/python/xorq/vendor/ibis/expr/types/core.py
+++ b/python/xorq/vendor/ibis/expr/types/core.py
@@ -816,6 +816,13 @@ def tokenized(self):
         # NOTE: this should almost certainly not be functools.cache'd: it can obscure filesystem / source table changes within the same process run
         return patched_tokenize(self.expr)
 
+    @property
+    def tokenized_snapshot(self):
+        from xorq.caching import SnapshotStrategy
+
+        with SnapshotStrategy.normalization_context(self.expr):
+            return self.tokenized
+
     def get_cache_path(self):
         from xorq.caching import ParquetStorage