diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/track-current-time.test.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/track-current-time.test.ts
index a833024b..2cbe7cb3 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/track-current-time.test.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/track-current-time.test.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,31 @@ describe('trackCurrentTime', () => {
     cleanup();
   });
 
+  it('resets currentTime on emptied event (src change reuses engine)', async () => {
+    const mediaElement = document.createElement('video');
+    let currentTime = 5.5;
+    Object.defineProperty(mediaElement, 'currentTime', {
+      get: () => currentTime,
+      set: (v: number) => {
+        currentTime = v;
+      },
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+
+    const { state, cleanup } = setupTrackCurrentTime({}, { mediaElement });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(state.currentTime.get()).toBe(5.5));
+
+    // Simulate src change on the same element: the media element load
+    // algorithm resets currentTime to 0 and dispatches `emptied`.
+    currentTime = 0;
+    mediaElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('emptied'));
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(state.currentTime.get()).toBe(0));
+
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
   it('updates currentTime on seeking events (seek while paused)', async () => {
     const mediaElement = document.createElement('video');
     Object.defineProperty(mediaElement, 'currentTime', { value: 0, writable: true });
@@ -211,6 +236,7 @@ describe('trackCurrentTime', () => {
     (mediaElement as any).currentTime = 50.0;
     mediaElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('timeupdate'));
     mediaElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('seeking'));
+    mediaElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('emptied'));
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 30));
 
     expect(state.currentTime.get()).toBe(0);
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/track-current-time.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/track-current-time.ts
index 6dd51489..d8b2e240 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/track-current-time.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/track-current-time.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  *   at the new position when this event dispatches, so buffer management can
  *   react immediately rather than waiting for `timeupdate`, which does not
  *   fire while paused.
+ * - `emptied` — fires when the resource selection algorithm tears down the
+ *   current media (e.g. a new `src` is set on the same element). Re-syncs so
+ *   downstream state doesn't retain the stale playback position from the
+ *   previous source when the engine is reused across src changes.
  *
  * Also syncs immediately when a media element becomes available.
  *
@@ -54,9 +58,11 @@ function trackCurrentTimeSetup({
 
     const sync = () => state.currentTime.set(mediaElement.currentTime);
     sync();
+    const removeEmptied = listen(mediaElement, 'emptied', sync);
     const removeTimeupdate = listen(mediaElement, 'timeupdate', sync);
     const removeSeeking = listen(mediaElement, 'seeking', sync);
     return () => {
+      removeEmptied();
       removeTimeupdate();
       removeSeeking();
     };