diff --git a/.changeset/strength-precedes-input.md b/.changeset/strength-precedes-input.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59ae8a0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strength-precedes-input.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tabler/core": patch
+---
+
+Fixed the strength meter rating a confirm-password field after it instead of the password field before it.
diff --git a/core/js/src/strength.ts b/core/js/src/strength.ts
index 3c35baa71..09527364b 100644
--- a/core/js/src/strength.ts
+++ b/core/js/src/strength.ts
@@ -170,11 +170,14 @@ class Strength extends BaseComponent {
       return SelectorEngine.findOne(input) as HTMLInputElement | null
     }
 
-    // Without an explicit selector only the meter's own parent is searched, so
-    // a form with several password fields cannot bind the wrong one.
+    // Without an explicit selector only the meter's own parent is searched.
+    // The nearest field before the meter wins, so a confirm-password field
+    // placed after it is never mistaken for the one being rated; a meter
+    // placed above its field falls back to the first field after it.
     const parent = this._element.parentElement
     const fields = parent ? (SelectorEngine.find(SELECTOR_PASSWORD, parent) as HTMLInputElement[]) : []
-    return fields[fields.length - 1] ?? null
+    const precedingFields = fields.filter((field) => Boolean(field.compareDocumentPosition(this._element) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING))
+    return precedingFields[precedingFields.length - 1] ?? fields[0] ?? null
   }
 
   _getText(): HTMLElement | null {
diff --git a/core/js/tests/unit/strength.spec.ts b/core/js/tests/unit/strength.spec.ts
index 8380d68f9..c5014f56c 100644
--- a/core/js/tests/unit/strength.spec.ts
+++ b/core/js/tests/unit/strength.spec.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,45 @@ describe('Strength', () => {
 
       expect(instance._input).toBe(fixtureEl.querySelector('#remote'))
     })
+
+    it('should bind the password field before it, not a confirm field after it', () => {
+      fixtureEl.innerHTML = `
+        <div>
+          <input type="password" id="pw">
+          <div class="strength" data-bs-strength><span class="strength-segment"></span></div>
+          <input type="password" id="pw2">
+        </div>`
+
+      const instance = new Strength(meter())
+
+      expect(instance._input).toBe(fixtureEl.querySelector('#pw'))
+    })
+
+    it('should bind the last of several preceding fields, ignoring one after it', () => {
+      fixtureEl.innerHTML = `
+        <div>
+          <input type="password" id="old">
+          <input type="password" id="new">
+          <div class="strength" data-bs-strength><span class="strength-segment"></span></div>
+          <input type="password" id="confirm">
+        </div>`
+
+      const instance = new Strength(meter())
+
+      expect(instance._input).toBe(fixtureEl.querySelector('#new'))
+    })
+
+    it('should bind the field after it when none precedes it', () => {
+      fixtureEl.innerHTML = `
+        <div>
+          <div class="strength" data-bs-strength><span class="strength-segment"></span></div>
+          <input type="password" id="confirm">
+        </div>`
+
+      const instance = new Strength(meter())
+
+      expect(instance._input).toBe(fixtureEl.querySelector('#confirm'))
+    })
   })
 
   describe('levels', () => {