diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/hooks/useWorkflowRunTimelineQuery.ts b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/hooks/useWorkflowRunTimelineQuery.ts
index 26cc6129..652909a2 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/hooks/useWorkflowRunTimelineQuery.ts
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/hooks/useWorkflowRunTimelineQuery.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { getClient } from "@/api/AxiosClient";
 import { useCredentialGetter } from "@/hooks/useCredentialGetter";
 import { statusIsNotFinalized } from "@/routes/tasks/types";
-import { keepPreviousData, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import {
+  keepPreviousData,
+  useQuery,
+  useQueryClient,
+} from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { WorkflowRunTimelineItem } from "../types/workflowRunTypes";
 import { useWorkflowRunWithWorkflowQuery } from "./useWorkflowRunWithWorkflowQuery";
 import { useGlobalWorkflowsQuery } from "./useGlobalWorkflowsQuery";
@@ -10,11 +15,32 @@ import { useFirstParam } from "@/hooks/useFirstParam";
 function useWorkflowRunTimelineQuery() {
   const workflowRunId = useFirstParam("workflowRunId", "runId");
   const credentialGetter = useCredentialGetter();
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const { data: globalWorkflows } = useGlobalWorkflowsQuery();
-  const { data: workflowRun } = useWorkflowRunWithWorkflowQuery();
+  const { data: workflowRun, dataUpdatedAt } =
+    useWorkflowRunWithWorkflowQuery();
   const workflow = workflowRun?.workflow;
   const workflowPermanentId = workflow?.workflow_permanent_id;
 
+  // Track when workflow run data was last updated
+  const prevDataUpdatedAtRef = useRef<number>(dataUpdatedAt);
+
+  // Refetch timeline whenever the workflow run query gets new data.
+  // This keeps the timeline perfectly synchronized with the workflow run status,
+  // ensuring we never miss updates (e.g., when workflow completes).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      dataUpdatedAt !== prevDataUpdatedAtRef.current &&
+      workflowPermanentId &&
+      workflowRunId
+    ) {
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+        queryKey: ["workflowRunTimeline", workflowPermanentId, workflowRunId],
+      });
+    }
+    prevDataUpdatedAtRef.current = dataUpdatedAt;
+  }, [dataUpdatedAt, workflowPermanentId, workflowRunId, queryClient]);
+
   return useQuery<Array<WorkflowRunTimelineItem>>({
     queryKey: ["workflowRunTimeline", workflowPermanentId, workflowRunId],
     queryFn: async () => {
@@ -33,8 +59,8 @@ function useWorkflowRunTimelineQuery() {
         )
         .then((response) => response.data);
     },
-    refetchInterval:
-      workflowRun && statusIsNotFinalized(workflowRun) ? 5000 : false,
+    // No independent refetchInterval - timeline follows workflow run query's timing
+    // via the useEffect above that invalidates on dataUpdatedAt changes
     placeholderData: keepPreviousData,
     refetchOnMount:
       workflowRun && statusIsNotFinalized(workflowRun) ? "always" : false,