diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/graph/FlowGraphV2.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/graph/FlowGraphV2.svelte
index 184c4e2170..4c004a4f56 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/graph/FlowGraphV2.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/graph/FlowGraphV2.svelte
@@ -989,6 +989,9 @@
 		// FlowRunStatus instead.
 		flowJob
 		suspendStatus
+		// Dataflow edges hang off the selected step. Selection is otherwise xyflow's own state,
+		// so it only rebuilds the graph while those edges are shown.
+		if ($useDataflow) selectedId
 
 		const collapsedGroupIds = new Set(
 			allGroups