diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-olives-destroy.md b/.changeset/eighty-olives-destroy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be8ae98086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-olives-destroy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue with outdated page titles in browser history when using text fragments in view transition navigation.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts b/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
index c9dd2497ef..b1d30558be 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ const moveToLocation = (
 			);
 		}
 	}
+	document.title = targetPageTitle;
 	// now we are on the new page for non-history navigations!
 	// (with history navigation page change happens before popstate is fired)
 	originalLocation = to;
@@ -212,7 +213,6 @@ const moveToLocation = (
 		}
 		history.scrollRestoration = 'manual';
 	}
-	document.title = targetPageTitle;
 };
 
 function preloadStyleLinks(newDocument: Document) {