diff --git a/crates/electrum/Cargo.toml b/crates/electrum/Cargo.toml
index bbada83477..8b0812f63d 100644
--- a/crates/electrum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/electrum/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ use-openssl = ["electrum-client/use-openssl"]
 name = "test_electrum"
 required-features = ["use-rustls"]
 
+[[test]]
+name = "test_bad_proof"
+required-features = ["use-rustls"]
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "test_sync"
 harness = false
diff --git a/crates/electrum/src/bdk_electrum_client.rs b/crates/electrum/src/bdk_electrum_client.rs
index a7c943150a..c42f872d34 100644
--- a/crates/electrum/src/bdk_electrum_client.rs
+++ b/crates/electrum/src/bdk_electrum_client.rs
@@ -164,9 +164,24 @@ impl<E: ElectrumApi> BdkElectrumClient<E> {
 
         if !pending_anchors.is_empty() {
             let anchors = self.batch_fetch_anchors(&pending_anchors)?;
+            let anchored = anchors.iter().map(|a| a.0).collect::<HashSet<_>>();
             for (txid, anchor) in anchors {
                 tx_update.anchors.insert((anchor, txid));
             }
+
+            // A failed merkle proof must not hide a tx the server reports (and it is not an error,
+            // as a stale header can cause one). Treat the tx as unconfirmed until the proof
+            // validates. Coinbase txs cannot be unconfirmed, so they are left without a `seen_at`.
+            for &(txid, _) in &pending_anchors {
+                if !anchored.contains(&txid)
+                    && !tx_update
+                        .txs
+                        .iter()
+                        .any(|tx| tx.is_coinbase() && tx.compute_txid() == txid)
+                {
+                    tx_update.seen_ats.insert((txid, start_time));
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         let chain_update = match tip_and_latest_blocks {
@@ -255,9 +270,24 @@ impl<E: ElectrumApi> BdkElectrumClient<E> {
 
         if !pending_anchors.is_empty() {
             let anchors = self.batch_fetch_anchors(&pending_anchors)?;
+            let anchored = anchors.iter().map(|a| a.0).collect::<HashSet<_>>();
             for (txid, anchor) in anchors {
                 tx_update.anchors.insert((anchor, txid));
             }
+
+            // A failed merkle proof must not hide a tx the server reports (and it is not an error,
+            // as a stale header can cause one). Treat the tx as unconfirmed until the proof
+            // validates. Coinbase txs cannot be unconfirmed, so they are left without a `seen_at`.
+            for &(txid, _) in &pending_anchors {
+                if !anchored.contains(&txid)
+                    && !tx_update
+                        .txs
+                        .iter()
+                        .any(|tx| tx.is_coinbase() && tx.compute_txid() == txid)
+                {
+                    tx_update.seen_ats.insert((txid, start_time));
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         let chain_update = match tip_and_latest_blocks {
diff --git a/crates/electrum/tests/test_bad_proof.rs b/crates/electrum/tests/test_bad_proof.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c32ea2435e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/electrum/tests/test_bad_proof.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+use std::net::TcpListener;
+
+use bdk_chain::bitcoin::{
+    absolute, consensus, hashes::Hash, transaction, Amount, OutPoint, ScriptBuf, Transaction, TxIn,
+    TxOut, Txid, WPubkeyHash,
+};
+use bdk_chain::spk_client::SyncRequest;
+use bdk_electrum::electrum_client::{Client, ConfigBuilder};
+use bdk_electrum::BdkElectrumClient;
+
+/// Electrum stub that reports `tx` as confirmed at height 100 but serves a merkle proof that does
+/// not match the block header it serves.
+fn serve_confirmed_with_bad_proof(listener: TcpListener, tx: Transaction) {
+    let (txid, raw_tx) = (tx.compute_txid(), consensus::encode::serialize_hex(&tx));
+    let raw_header = "00".repeat(80);
+    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+        let mut stream = stream.unwrap();
+        for request in BufReader::new(stream.try_clone().unwrap()).lines() {
+            let request = request.unwrap();
+            let id_start = request.find("\"id\":").unwrap() + 5;
+            let id: String = request[id_start..]
+                .chars()
+                .take_while(char::is_ascii_digit)
+                .collect();
+            let result = if request.contains("blockchain.scripthash.get_history") {
+                format!(r#"[{{"height":100,"tx_hash":"{txid}"}}]"#)
+            } else if request.contains("blockchain.transaction.get_merkle") {
+                r#"{"block_height":100,"pos":0,"merkle":[]}"#.to_string()
+            } else if request.contains("blockchain.transaction.get") {
+                format!(r#""{raw_tx}""#)
+            } else if request.contains("blockchain.block.header") {
+                format!(r#""{raw_header}""#)
+            } else {
+                panic!("unexpected request: {request}");
+            };
+            writeln!(stream, r#"{{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":{id},"result":{result}}}"#).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn confirmed_tx_with_failing_proof_keeps_temporal_context() {
+    let wallet_spk = ScriptBuf::new_p2wpkh(&WPubkeyHash::from_byte_array([1; 20]));
+    let payment = Transaction {
+        version: transaction::Version::TWO,
+        lock_time: absolute::LockTime::ZERO,
+        // Must not be a coinbase: coinbase txs never get a `seen_at`.
+        input: vec![TxIn {
+            previous_output: OutPoint {
+                txid: Txid::from_byte_array([2; 32]),
+                vout: 0,
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        }],
+        output: vec![TxOut {
+            value: Amount::from_sat(1_000),
+            script_pubkey: wallet_spk.clone(),
+        }],
+    };
+    let txid = payment.compute_txid();
+
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+    let url = format!("tcp://{}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
+    std::thread::spawn(move || serve_confirmed_with_bad_proof(listener, payment));
+
+    let config = ConfigBuilder::new().retry(0).build();
+    let client = BdkElectrumClient::new(Client::from_config(&url, config).unwrap());
+    let response = client
+        .sync(SyncRequest::builder().spks([wallet_spk]), 1, false)
+        .unwrap();
+    let update = response.tx_update;
+
+    assert!(
+        update.txs.iter().any(|tx| tx.compute_txid() == txid),
+        "tx not in update"
+    );
+    let anchored = update.anchors.iter().any(|(_, t)| *t == txid);
+    let seen = update.seen_ats.iter().any(|(t, _)| *t == txid);
+    assert!(
+        anchored || seen,
+        "tx {txid} has neither an anchor nor a seen_at"
+    );
+}