diff --git a/codeflash/models/call_graph.py b/codeflash/models/call_graph.py
index ee2521c4f..b0d800dca 100644
--- a/codeflash/models/call_graph.py
+++ b/codeflash/models/call_graph.py
@@ -98,15 +98,27 @@ def descendants(self, node: FunctionNode, max_depth: int | None = None) -> set[F
 
     def ancestors(self, node: FunctionNode, max_depth: int | None = None) -> set[FunctionNode]:
         visited: set[FunctionNode] = set()
-        queue: deque[tuple[FunctionNode, int]] = deque([(node, 0)])
-        while queue:
-            current, depth = queue.popleft()
-            if max_depth is not None and depth >= max_depth:
-                continue
-            for edge in self.callers_of(current):
-                if edge.caller not in visited:
-                    visited.add(edge.caller)
-                    queue.append((edge.caller, depth + 1))
+        reverse_map = self.reverse
+
+        if max_depth is None:
+            queue: deque[FunctionNode] = deque([node])
+            while queue:
+                current = queue.popleft()
+                for edge in reverse_map.get(current, []):
+                    if edge.caller not in visited:
+                        visited.add(edge.caller)
+                        queue.append(edge.caller)
+        else:
+            queue_with_depth: deque[tuple[FunctionNode, int]] = deque([(node, 0)])
+            while queue_with_depth:
+                current, depth = queue_with_depth.popleft()
+                if depth >= max_depth:
+                    continue
+                for edge in reverse_map.get(current, []):
+                    if edge.caller not in visited:
+                        visited.add(edge.caller)
+                        queue_with_depth.append((edge.caller, depth + 1))
+
         return visited
 
     def subgraph(self, nodes: set[FunctionNode]) -> CallGraph: