diff --git a/src/components/settings/__tests__/password-card-placement.test.tsx b/src/components/settings/__tests__/password-card-placement.test.tsx
index ec428f6f3..de120af1e 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/__tests__/password-card-placement.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/__tests__/password-card-placement.test.tsx
@@ -72,14 +72,30 @@ describe("change-password card placement", () => {
     expect(render(<PasswordCard />)).toContain(SLOT);
   });
 
-  it("is mounted by Settings → Security before the factor status lands", () => {
+  it("is mounted by Settings → Security even before the factor status lands", () => {
     // The mocked query never resolves, which is the case that matters: the
     // MFA read is still in flight (or failing) and the password card is
-    // reachable regardless.
+    // reachable regardless — it sits outside the status conditional.
     const html = render(<SecuritySection />);
     expect(html).toContain(SLOT);
   });
 
+  it("orders the password card last, after the passkey list", () => {
+    // The section reads authenticator → security keys → passkeys → password.
+    // The order lives in one component and the resolved cards only render once
+    // the status query settles (the render mock keeps it in flight), so the
+    // guard reads the source: the password card must come after the passkey
+    // list. Re-reported once as an order regression; this pins it.
+    const source = readFileSync(
+      join(ROOT, "src/components/settings/security-section/index.tsx"),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const passkeyIdx = source.indexOf("<PasskeyListSection");
+    const passwordIdx = source.indexOf("<PasswordCard");
+    expect(passkeyIdx).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(passwordIdx).toBeGreaterThan(passkeyIdx);
+  });
+
   it("has exactly one home in the tree", () => {
     const owners = walk(join(ROOT, "src"))
       .filter((file) => readFileSync(file, "utf8").includes("PasswordCard"))
diff --git a/src/components/settings/security-section/index.tsx b/src/components/settings/security-section/index.tsx
index 4b439c67b..757b67717 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/security-section/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/security-section/index.tsx
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ export function SecuritySection() {
     <div className="space-y-6">
       {showNudge && <PasskeyUpgradeNudge />}
 
-      {/* The password leads, and it renders before the factor status has
-          landed — it depends on nothing this page fetches. It is also the
-          only way to change a password now that the Account card is gone, so
-          a `/api/auth/me/mfa` that never answers must not take it down with
-          the cards that do need it. */}
-      <PasswordCard />
-
       {isLoading || !status ? (
         <>
           <Skeleton className="h-40 w-full rounded-xl" />
@@ -75,6 +68,14 @@ export function SecuritySection() {
           <PasskeyListSection isAuthenticated={isAuthenticated} />
         </>
       )}
+
+      {/* The password comes last: authenticator, then security keys, then
+          passkeys, then the password. It sits OUTSIDE the status conditional
+          on purpose — it depends on nothing this page fetches and is the only
+          way to change a password now that the Account card is gone, so a
+          `/api/auth/me/mfa` that never answers must not take it down with the
+          cards that do need the status. */}
+      <PasswordCard />
     </div>
   );
 }