diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/ui/MobileOverlayPanel.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/ui/MobileOverlayPanel.tsx
index 55112d62..373bc6ae 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/ui/MobileOverlayPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/ui/MobileOverlayPanel.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ export const MobileOverlayPanel: React.FC<MobileOverlayPanelProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const overlayRootRef = React.useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
   const [entered, setEntered] = React.useState(false);
+  // True once the enter transition has finished. While entering, the panel's
+  // keyboard-inset bottom anchor must NOT animate: opening an overlay usually
+  // closes the keyboard at the same moment, and a transitioning `bottom` under
+  // the panel's own rise made the entrance jerky / offset. During the enter the
+  // anchor snaps to its final value and only the rise animates.
+  const [enterSettled, setEnterSettled] = React.useState(false);
 
   if (typeof document !== 'undefined' && !overlayRootRef.current) {
     overlayRootRef.current = ensureOverlayRoot();
@@ -52,10 +58,18 @@ export const MobileOverlayPanel: React.FC<MobileOverlayPanelProps> = ({
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) {
       setEntered(false);
+      setEnterSettled(false);
       return;
     }
     const id = window.setTimeout(() => setEntered(true), ENTER_DELAY_MS);
-    return () => window.clearTimeout(id);
+    const settleId = window.setTimeout(
+      () => setEnterSettled(true),
+      ENTER_DELAY_MS + ENTER_DURATION_MS + 50,
+    );
+    return () => {
+      window.clearTimeout(id);
+      window.clearTimeout(settleId);
+    };
   }, [open]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -86,6 +100,7 @@ export const MobileOverlayPanel: React.FC<MobileOverlayPanelProps> = ({
     <div
       className={cn(
         'oc-keyboard-inset-surface fixed inset-0 z-[60] flex flex-col bg-[rgb(0_0_0_/_0.45)] transition-opacity duration-200 ease-out',
+        !enterSettled && 'oc-keyboard-inset-snap',
         entered ? 'opacity-100' : 'opacity-0',
       )}
       role="dialog"
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/styles/mobile.css b/packages/ui/src/styles/mobile.css
index fb393ce8..9c127b0f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/styles/mobile.css
+++ b/packages/ui/src/styles/mobile.css
@@ -583,6 +583,12 @@
   bottom: var(--oc-keyboard-inset, 0px);
   transition: bottom 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.38, 0.7, 0.125, 1), opacity 0.2s ease-out;
 }
+/* While a panel is playing its enter animation, its bottom anchor snaps
+   instead of transitioning — opening an overlay typically dismisses the
+   keyboard in the same moment, and animating both made the entrance jerky. */
+:root.oc-capacitor-app .oc-keyboard-inset-surface.oc-keyboard-inset-snap {
+  transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out;
+}
 
 /* Full-screen scroll views (e.g. the connect/login screen) live outside the app
    shell, so shrink them by the keyboard height the same way the shell does. Capping