diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md b/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0305f9e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: double event processing in firefox due to event object being garbage collected
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
index fa3bf0b021..19bd1cfa18 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ export function delegate(events) {
 	}
 }
 
+// used to store the reference to the currently propagated event
+// to prevent garbage collection between microtasks in Firefox
+// If the event object is GCed too early, the expando __root property
+// set on the event object is lost, causing the event delegation
+// to process the event twice
+let last_propagated_event = null;
+
 /**
  * @this {EventTarget}
  * @param {Event} event
@@ -153,6 +160,8 @@ export function handle_event_propagation(event) {
 	var path = event.composedPath?.() || [];
 	var current_target = /** @type {null | Element} */ (path[0] || event.target);
 
+	last_propagated_event = event;
+
 	// composedPath contains list of nodes the event has propagated through.
 	// We check __root to skip all nodes below it in case this is a
 	// parent of the __root node, which indicates that there's nested