diff --git a/src/vanilla/store.ts b/src/vanilla/store.ts
index 07bbad31f4..3f555f35f9 100644
--- a/src/vanilla/store.ts
+++ b/src/vanilla/store.ts
@@ -288,13 +288,14 @@ const buildStore = (getAtomState: StoreArgs[0]): Store => {
     pending: Pending | undefined,
     atom: Atom<Value>,
     atomState: AtomState<Value>,
-    force?: (a: AnyAtom) => boolean,
+    dirtyAtoms?: Set<AnyAtom>,
   ): AtomState<Value> => {
     // See if we can skip recomputing this atom.
-    if (!force?.(atom) && isAtomStateInitialized(atomState)) {
-      // If the atom is mounted, we can use the cache.
+    if (isAtomStateInitialized(atomState)) {
+      // If the atom is mounted, we can use cached atom state.
       // because it should have been updated by dependencies.
-      if (atomState.m) {
+      // We can't use the cache if the atom is dirty.
+      if (atomState.m && !dirtyAtoms?.has(atom)) {
         return atomState
       }
       // Otherwise, check if the dependencies have changed.
@@ -304,8 +305,8 @@ const buildStore = (getAtomState: StoreArgs[0]): Store => {
           ([a, n]) =>
             // Recursively, read the atom state of the dependency, and
             // check if the atom epoch number is unchanged
-            readAtomState(pending, a, getAtomState(a, atomState), force).n ===
-            n,
+            readAtomState(pending, a, getAtomState(a, atomState), dirtyAtoms)
+              .n === n,
         )
       ) {
         return atomState
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ const buildStore = (getAtomState: StoreArgs[0]): Store => {
         pending,
         a,
         getAtomState(a, atomState),
-        force,
+        dirtyAtoms,
       )
       if (isSync) {
         addDependency(pending, atom, atomState, a, aState)
@@ -460,7 +461,6 @@ const buildStore = (getAtomState: StoreArgs[0]): Store => {
     // Step 2: use the topsorted atom list to recompute all affected atoms
     // Track what's changed, so that we can short circuit when possible
     const changedAtoms = new Set<AnyAtom>([atom])
-    const isMarked = (a: AnyAtom) => markedAtoms.has(a)
     for (let i = topsortedAtoms.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
       const [a, aState, prevEpochNumber] = topsortedAtoms[i]!
       let hasChangedDeps = false
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ const buildStore = (getAtomState: StoreArgs[0]): Store => {
         }
       }
       if (hasChangedDeps) {
-        readAtomState(pending, a, aState, isMarked)
+        readAtomState(pending, a, aState, markedAtoms)
         mountDependencies(pending, a, aState)
         if (prevEpochNumber !== aState.n) {
           addPendingAtom(pending, a, aState)
diff --git a/tests/vanilla/dependency.test.tsx b/tests/vanilla/dependency.test.tsx
index 645d0f56aa..59ae209ae8 100644
--- a/tests/vanilla/dependency.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/vanilla/dependency.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { atom, createStore } from 'jotai/vanilla'
 
 it('can propagate updates with async atom chains', async () => {
@@ -275,6 +275,44 @@ it('refreshes deps for each async read', async () => {
   expect(values).toEqual([0, 1])
 })
 
+it('should not re-evaluate stable derived atom values in situations where dependencies are re-ordered (#2738)', () => {
+  const callCounter = vi.fn()
+  const countAtom = atom(0)
+  const rootAtom = atom(false)
+  const stableDep = atom((get) => {
+    get(rootAtom)
+    return 1
+  })
+  const stableDepDep = atom((get) => {
+    get(stableDep)
+    callCounter()
+    return 2 + get(countAtom)
+  })
+
+  const newAtom = atom((get) => {
+    if (get(rootAtom) || get(countAtom) > 0) {
+      return get(stableDepDep)
+    }
+
+    return get(stableDep)
+  })
+
+  const store = createStore()
+  store.sub(stableDepDep, () => {})
+  store.sub(newAtom, () => {})
+  expect(store.get(stableDepDep)).toBe(2)
+  expect(callCounter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+  store.set(rootAtom, true)
+  expect(store.get(newAtom)).toBe(2)
+  expect(callCounter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+  store.set(rootAtom, false)
+  store.set(countAtom, 1)
+  expect(store.get(newAtom)).toBe(3)
+  expect(callCounter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+})
+
 it('handles complex dependency chains', async () => {
   const baseAtom = atom(1)
   const derived1 = atom((get) => get(baseAtom) * 2)