diff --git a/packages/flame_3d/lib/src/components/component_3d.dart b/packages/flame_3d/lib/src/components/component_3d.dart
index f08ad8b29ee..ffd72f24dc9 100644
--- a/packages/flame_3d/lib/src/components/component_3d.dart
+++ b/packages/flame_3d/lib/src/components/component_3d.dart
@@ -182,15 +182,19 @@ abstract class Component3D({
     }
   }
 
-  /// Mark this component's world transform as needing recomputation.
+  /// Mark this component's world transform, and therefore its AABB, as
+  /// needing recomputation.
   ///
   /// This propagates down to child [Component3D]s so the entire subtree
   /// stays consistent.
   void _markWorldTransformDirty() {
-    if (_worldTransformDirty) {
+    // The world transform and the AABB are recomputed independently, so one
+    // can be dirty while the other is not. Only stop when both already are.
+    if (_worldTransformDirty && _aabbDirty) {
       return;
     }
     _worldTransformDirty = true;
+    _aabbDirty = true;
     for (final child in _childComponents) {
       child._markWorldTransformDirty();
     }
@@ -198,6 +202,8 @@ abstract class Component3D({
 
   void _onTransformChanged() {
     _markWorldTransformDirty();
-    markAabbDirty();
+    if (parent case final Component3D parent) {
+      parent.markAabbDirty();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flame_3d/test/components/component_3d_test.dart b/packages/flame_3d/test/components/component_3d_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c7a42fcc19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flame_3d/test/components/component_3d_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import 'package:flame_3d/components.dart';
+import 'package:flame_3d/core.dart';
+import 'package:flame_3d/graphics.dart';
+import 'package:flame_test/flame_test.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('Component3D', () {
+    testWithFlameGame(
+      'aabb of a nested component follows its parent when it moves',
+      (game) async {
+        final child = _Box(position: Vector3(1, 0, 0));
+        final parent = _Group(children: [child]);
+        await game.world.ensureAdd(parent);
+
+        expect(child.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(1, 0, 0)));
+        expect(parent.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(1, 0, 0)));
+
+        parent.position.setValues(10, 0, 0);
+
+        expect(child.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(11, 0, 0)));
+        expect(parent.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(11, 0, 0)));
+      },
+    );
+
+    testWithFlameGame(
+      'aabb of a deeply nested component follows its ancestors',
+      (game) async {
+        final leaf = _Box();
+        final root = _Group(
+          children: [
+            _Group(
+              position: Vector3(0, 1, 0),
+              children: [
+                _Group(position: Vector3(0, 0, 1), children: [leaf]),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ],
+        );
+        await game.world.ensureAdd(root);
+
+        expect(leaf.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(0, 1, 1)));
+
+        root.position.setValues(1, 0, 0);
+
+        expect(leaf.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(1, 1, 1)));
+        expect(root.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(1, 1, 1)));
+      },
+    );
+
+    testWithFlameGame(
+      'aabb of a nested component follows its ancestors after repeated moves',
+      (game) async {
+        final leaf = _Box();
+        final middle = _Group(children: [leaf]);
+        final root = _Group(children: [middle]);
+        await game.world.ensureAdd(root);
+
+        // Only read the leaf in between the moves, so that the ancestors'
+        // AABBs stay dirty while the leaf's is recomputed.
+        root.position.setValues(1, 0, 0);
+        expect(leaf.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(1, 0, 0)));
+
+        root.position.setValues(2, 0, 0);
+        expect(leaf.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(2, 0, 0)));
+
+        middle.position.setValues(0, 1, 0);
+        expect(leaf.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(2, 1, 0)));
+        expect(root.aabb.center, closeToVector3(Vector3(2, 1, 0)));
+      },
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+class _Group({super.position, super.children}) extends Component3D;
+
+class _Box({super.position}) extends Object3D {
+  @override
+  Aabb3? computeLocalAabb() =>
+      Aabb3.minMax(Vector3.all(-0.5), Vector3.all(0.5));
+
+  @override
+  void draw(RenderContext context) {}
+}