diff --git a/.changeset/tangy-keys-drop.md b/.changeset/tangy-keys-drop.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38f0c10543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tangy-keys-drop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: ignore declaration tags for animation directive
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/element.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/element.js
index 725a4aded8..ff02dee02a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/element.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/element.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export function validate_element(node, context) {
 					(n) =>
 						n.type !== 'Comment' &&
 						n.type !== 'ConstTag' &&
+						n.type !== 'DeclarationTag' &&
 						(n.type !== 'Text' || n.data.trim() !== '')
 				).length > 1
 			) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/animation-each-with-declaration-tag/errors.json b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/animation-each-with-declaration-tag/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe51488c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/animation-each-with-declaration-tag/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/animation-each-with-declaration-tag/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/animation-each-with-declaration-tag/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..680efa7eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/animation-each-with-declaration-tag/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<script>
+  function flip(){}
+</script>
+
+<div>
+  {#each [] as n (n)}
+    {const a = n}
+    <div animate:flip={a}></div>
+  {/each}
+</div>