diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-melons-love.md b/.changeset/shiny-melons-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5633aff875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-melons-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"svelte": patch
+---
+
+fix: ensure derived is detected as dirty correctly
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index 97f7c5c813..a9dee752e1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ export function check_dirtiness(reaction) {
 
 				if (!is_dirty && check_dirtiness(/** @type {import('#client').Derived} */ (dependency))) {
 					update_derived(/** @type {import('#client').Derived} **/ (dependency), true);
-
-					// `signal` might now be dirty, as a result of calling `update_derived`
-					if ((reaction.f & DIRTY) !== 0) {
-						return true;
-					}
 				}
 
 				if (is_unowned) {
@@ -227,6 +222,9 @@ export function check_dirtiness(reaction) {
 							reactions.push(reaction);
 						}
 					}
+				} else if ((reaction.f & DIRTY) !== 0) {
+					// `signal` might now be dirty, as a result of calling `check_dirtiness` and/or `update_derived`
+					return true;
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/derived-cascade/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/derived-cascade/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddadfb64f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/derived-cascade/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	html: `<button>00</button>`,
+
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		const btn = target.querySelector('button');
+		await btn?.click();
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<button>01</button>`);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/derived-cascade/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/derived-cascade/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0d45c8532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/derived-cascade/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<script>
+	let shouldShow01 = $state(false);
+
+	let der1 = $derived(shouldShow01)
+	// der2 must depend on der1 and its output shouldn't change
+	let der2 = $derived(typeof der1 === "string");
+	let der3 = $derived(der2 ? "1" : "0");
+	// der3 must be read before der1
+	let der4 = $derived(der3 + (der1 ? "1" : "0"));
+</script>
+
+<button onclick={() => (shouldShow01 = true)}>{der4}</button>