diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.test.ts b/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.test.ts
index a1a64bd36..9a4de3692 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ describe("timeline core/time", () => {
 		expect(formatPlayheadTime(61_400)).toBe("1:01.4");
 	});
 
+	it("rolls seconds into the next minute when rounding reaches 60", () => {
+		// 59.95s–59.99s round up to 60.0s and must carry into the minute
+		// instead of rendering "60.0s" or "1:60.0".
+		expect(formatPlayheadTime(59_950)).toBe("1:00.0");
+		expect(formatPlayheadTime(59_970)).toBe("1:00.0");
+		expect(formatPlayheadTime(119_970)).toBe("2:00.0");
+		expect(formatPlayheadTime(0)).toBe("0.0s");
+	});
+
 	it("normalizes wheel delta by deltaMode", () => {
 		expect(normalizeWheelDeltaToPixels(2, 0)).toBe(2);
 		expect(normalizeWheelDeltaToPixels(2, 1)).toBe(32);
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.ts b/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.ts
index 7e02f8ed8..01b92eeb6 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/timeline/core/time.ts
@@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ export function formatTimeLabel(milliseconds: number, intervalMs: number) {
 }
 
 export function formatPlayheadTime(ms: number): string {
-	const s = ms / 1000;
-	const min = Math.floor(s / 60);
-	const sec = s % 60;
+	// Round to the displayed precision (tenths of a second) before splitting
+	// into minutes and seconds. Rounding the seconds component on its own lets
+	// values such as 59.97s render as "60.0" and carry into labels like
+	// "1:60.0" or "60.0s" instead of rolling over to the next minute.
+	const tenths = Math.round((ms / 1000) * 10);
+	const min = Math.floor(tenths / 600);
+	const sec = (tenths - min * 600) / 10;
 	if (min > 0) return `${min}:${sec.toFixed(1).padStart(4, "0")}`;
 	return `${sec.toFixed(1)}s`;
 }