diff --git a/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs
index f3fe022035e76..b769e06891ef1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_animation/src/lib.rs
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ fn apply_animation(
             // SAFETY: As above, there can't be other AnimationPlayers with this target so this fetch can't alias
             let mut morphs = unsafe { morphs.get_unchecked(target) }.ok();
             for curve in curves {
+                let len = curve.keyframe_timestamps.len();
+
                 // Some curves have only one keyframe used to set a transform
                 if curve.keyframe_timestamps.len() == 1 {
                     match &curve.keyframes {
@@ -707,16 +709,47 @@ fn apply_animation(
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                // Find the current keyframe
+                // Attempt to find the keyframe at or before the current time
+                // An Ok(keyframe_index) result means an exact result was found by binary search
+                // An Err result means the keyframe was not found, and the index is the keyframe
                 // PERF: finding the current keyframe can be optimised
-                let step_start = match curve
+                let index = curve
                     .keyframe_timestamps
-                    .binary_search_by(|probe| probe.partial_cmp(&animation.seek_time).unwrap())
-                {
-                    Ok(n) if n >= curve.keyframe_timestamps.len() - 1 => continue, // this curve is finished
+                    .binary_search_by(|probe| probe.partial_cmp(&animation.seek_time).unwrap());
+
+                // Find the keyframe that our animation starts from
+                let step_start = match index {
+                    // We could find an exact match,
+                    // and the match was the last or second last keyframe
+                    Ok(i) if i >= curve.keyframe_timestamps.len() - 1 => {
+                        set_transform_to_keyframe(
+                            curve,
+                            &mut transform,
+                            weight,
+                            &mut morphs,
+                            len - 1,
+                        );
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    // We could find an exact match,
+                    // and the match was not the last or second last keyframe
                     Ok(i) => i,
-                    Err(0) => continue, // this curve isn't started yet
-                    Err(n) if n > curve.keyframe_timestamps.len() - 1 => continue, // this curve is finished
+                    // The animation was not started yet
+                    Err(0) => continue,
+                    // We could not find an exact match,
+                    // and the timestamp was after the last keyframe
+                    Err(i) if i > curve.keyframe_timestamps.len() - 1 => {
+                        set_transform_to_keyframe(
+                            curve,
+                            &mut transform,
+                            weight,
+                            &mut morphs,
+                            len - 1,
+                        );
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    // We could not find an exact match,
+                    // But we are
                     Err(i) => i - 1,
                 };
                 let ts_start = curve.keyframe_timestamps[step_start];
@@ -741,6 +774,39 @@ fn apply_animation(
     }
 }
 
+/// Sets the [`Transform`] value to exactly the value it has at the provided keyframe.
+fn set_transform_to_keyframe(
+    curve: &VariableCurve,
+    transform: &mut Mut<'_, Transform>,
+    weight: f32,
+    morphs: &mut Option<Mut<'_, MorphWeights>>,
+    keyframe: usize,
+) {
+    match &curve.keyframes {
+        Keyframes::Rotation(keyframes) => {
+            transform.rotation = transform.rotation.slerp(keyframes[keyframe], weight);
+        }
+        Keyframes::Translation(keyframes) => {
+            transform.translation = transform.translation.lerp(keyframes[keyframe], weight);
+        }
+        Keyframes::Scale(keyframes) => {
+            transform.scale = transform.scale.lerp(keyframes[keyframe], weight);
+        }
+        Keyframes::Weights(keyframes) => {
+            if let Some(morphs) = morphs {
+                let target_count = morphs.weights().len();
+                lerp_morph_weights(
+                    morphs.weights_mut(),
+                    get_keyframe(target_count, keyframes, keyframe)
+                        .iter()
+                        .copied(),
+                    weight,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[inline(always)]
 fn apply_keyframe(
     curve: &VariableCurve,