diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx
index 85215c852b..0937f6c08a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/dropdown-menu.tsx
@@ -487,6 +487,12 @@ function DropdownMenuSubContent({
     // `overflow` clip. Radix Popper still anchors it to the SubTrigger and
     // handles collision/flip. React events still bubble through the portal, so
     // the parent menu doesn't treat a press here as an outside click.
+    //
+    // `updatePositionStrategy="always"` makes Floating UI's autoUpdate use a
+    // continuous rAF loop instead of the default "optimized" passive scroll
+    // listeners. Without it, a portaled submenu visibly lags behind its trigger
+    // while the parent Content scrolls: the scroll → getBoundingClientRect →
+    // reposition pipeline cannot keep pace with fast wheel events.
     <DropdownMenuPrimitive.Portal container={container}>
       <DropdownMenuPrimitive.SubContent
         // Fixed `max-h-80` rather than the Radix available-height variable:
@@ -516,6 +522,10 @@ function DropdownMenuSubContent({
         // first (child effects run first), so Radix marks it `none`.
         style={{ ...(container ? { pointerEvents: 'auto' } : null), ...style }}
         {...props}
+        // Placed after the spread so callers cannot override it: the rAF loop
+        // is load-bearing for scroll-tracked submenus and must never revert to
+        // the default passive-listener strategy.
+        updatePositionStrategy="always"
       />
     </DropdownMenuPrimitive.Portal>
   )