diff --git a/compose/foundation/foundation/src/commonMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/MouseWheelScrollable.kt b/compose/foundation/foundation/src/commonMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/MouseWheelScrollable.kt
index f7c7abcc086eb..c3c0f11807fe5 100644
--- a/compose/foundation/foundation/src/commonMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/MouseWheelScrollable.kt
+++ b/compose/foundation/foundation/src/commonMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/MouseWheelScrollable.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ internal class MouseWheelScrollNode(
     ) {
         operator fun plus(other: MouseWheelScrollDelta) = MouseWheelScrollDelta(
             value = value + other.value,
-            shouldApplyImmediately = shouldApplyImmediately || other.shouldApplyImmediately
+
+            // Ignore [other.shouldApplyImmediately] to avoid false-positive [isPreciseWheelScroll]
+            // detection during animation
+            shouldApplyImmediately = shouldApplyImmediately
         )
     }
     private val channel = Channel<MouseWheelScrollDelta>(capacity = Channel.UNLIMITED)
@@ -216,12 +219,18 @@ internal class MouseWheelScrollNode(
          *  Ideally it should be resolved by catching real touches from input device instead of
          *  waiting the next event with timeout before resetting progress flag.
          */
-        suspend fun waitNextScrollDelta(timeoutMillis: Long, forceApplyImmediately: Boolean = false): Boolean {
+        suspend fun waitNextScrollDelta(timeoutMillis: Long): Boolean {
             if (timeoutMillis < 0) return false
             return withTimeoutOrNull(timeoutMillis) {
                 channel.busyReceive()
             }?.let {
-                targetScrollDelta = if (forceApplyImmediately) it.copy(shouldApplyImmediately = true) else it
+                // Keep this value unchanged during animation
+                // Currently, [isPreciseWheelScroll] might be unstable in case if
+                // a precise value is almost equal regular one.
+                val previousDeltaShouldApplyImmediately = targetScrollDelta.shouldApplyImmediately
+                targetScrollDelta = it.copy(
+                    shouldApplyImmediately = previousDeltaShouldApplyImmediately
+                )
                 targetValue = targetScrollDelta.value.reverseIfNeeded().toFloat()
                 animationState = AnimationState(0f) // Reset previous animation leftover
 
@@ -236,14 +245,7 @@ internal class MouseWheelScrollNode(
                 val targetValueLeftover = targetValue - animationState.value
                 if (targetScrollDelta.shouldApplyImmediately || abs(targetValueLeftover) < threshold) {
                     dispatchMouseWheelScroll(targetValueLeftover)
-                    requiredAnimation = waitNextScrollDelta(
-                        timeoutMillis = ScrollProgressTimeout,
-
-                        // Apply the next event without `ProgressTimeout` immediately too.
-                        // Currently, `isPreciseWheelScroll` might be false-negative in case if
-                        // precise value is almost equal regular one.
-                        forceApplyImmediately = targetScrollDelta.shouldApplyImmediately
-                    )
+                    requiredAnimation = waitNextScrollDelta(ScrollProgressTimeout)
                 } else {
                     // Animation will start only on the next frame,
                     // so apply threshold immediately to avoid delays.
diff --git a/compose/foundation/foundation/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/DesktopScrollable.desktop.kt b/compose/foundation/foundation/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/DesktopScrollable.desktop.kt
index 93d49d9aef1ff..9f408d86b200d 100644
--- a/compose/foundation/foundation/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/DesktopScrollable.desktop.kt
+++ b/compose/foundation/foundation/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/gestures/DesktopScrollable.desktop.kt
@@ -118,4 +118,11 @@ private val PointerEvent.isPreciseWheelRotation
     get() = (awtEventOrNull as? MouseWheelEvent)?.isPreciseWheelRotation ?: false
 
 private val MouseWheelEvent.isPreciseWheelRotation
-    get() = abs(preciseWheelRotation - wheelRotation.toDouble()) > 0.001
+    get() = when (DesktopPlatform.Current) {
+        // On Windows, even free scrolling wheels should trigger animation
+        DesktopPlatform.Windows -> false
+
+        // For other platforms, apply this heuristic to determine if it's
+        // high-precision wheel/trackpad or regular stepping mouse wheel.
+        else -> abs(preciseWheelRotation - wheelRotation.toDouble()) > 0.001
+    }