diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js
index 05dc24a94e..16908adad2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ export function transition(flags, element, get_fn, get_params) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var inert = element.inert;
+
 	/** @type {import('#client').Transition} */
 	// TODO this needs to be `in()` and `out()` rather than `to()`, and both
 	// need to be idempotent (because of `{#if ...}{#if ...}`). `out()` should
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ export function transition(flags, element, get_fn, get_params) {
 		global,
 		in() {
 			callbacks = [];
+			element.inert = inert;
 
 			if (intro) {
 				if (current_direction !== TRANSITION_IN) {
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ export function transition(flags, element, get_fn, get_params) {
 
 				if (current_direction !== TRANSITION_OUT) {
 					current_direction = TRANSITION_OUT;
+					element.inert = true;
 					start(0);
 				}
 			} else {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/transition-inert/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/transition-inert/_config.js
index 8679b2fe7f..a474fae9d4 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/transition-inert/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/transition-inert/_config.js
@@ -6,29 +6,26 @@ export default test({
 		const b = target.querySelector('button.b');
 		ok(a);
 		ok(b);
-		// jsdom doesn't set the inert attribute, and the transition checks if it exists, so set it manually to trigger the inert logic
-		a.inert = false;
-		b.inert = false;
 
 		// check and abort halfway through the outro transition
 		component.visible = false;
 		raf.tick(50);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert, true);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert, true);
+		assert.ok(target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert);
+		assert.ok(target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert);
 
 		component.visible = true;
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert, false);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert, false);
+		assert.ok(!target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert);
+		assert.ok(!target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert);
 
 		// let it transition out completely and then back in
 		component.visible = false;
 		raf.tick(101);
 		component.visible = true;
 		raf.tick(150);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert, false);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert, false);
+		assert.ok(!target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert);
+		assert.ok(!target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert);
 		raf.tick(151);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert, false);
-		assert.strictEqual(target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert, false);
+		assert.ok(!target.querySelector('button.a')?.inert);
+		assert.ok(!target.querySelector('button.b')?.inert);
 	}
 });