diff --git a/src/components/profile/sortable-profile-item.tsx b/src/components/profile/sortable-profile-item.tsx
index 4b53a26cb..b9c148574 100644
--- a/src/components/profile/sortable-profile-item.tsx
+++ b/src/components/profile/sortable-profile-item.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { Box } from '@mui/material'
 
 import { ProfileItem, type ProfileItemProps } from './profile-item'
 
+const SORT_TRANSITION = 'transform 160ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)'
+
 type SortableProfileItemProps = Omit<
   ProfileItemProps,
   'dragHandleRef' | 'dragHandleAttributes' | 'dragHandleListeners'
@@ -18,24 +20,33 @@ export const SortableProfileItem = ({
   const {
     attributes,
     listeners,
+    setActivatorNodeRef,
     setNodeRef,
     transform,
-    transition,
+    isSorting,
     isDragging,
-  } = useSortable({ id })
+    isOver,
+  } = useSortable({ id, transition: null })
+
+  const isDiagonalMove =
+    transform !== null && transform.x !== 0 && transform.y !== 0
 
   return (
     <Box
+      ref={setNodeRef}
       sx={{
         position: 'relative',
-        transform: CSS.Transform.toString(transform),
-        transition,
+        transform: CSS.Translate.toString(transform),
+        transition:
+          isSorting && !isDragging && isOver && !isDiagonalMove
+            ? SORT_TRANSITION
+            : undefined,
         zIndex: isDragging ? 'calc(infinity)' : undefined,
       }}
     >
       <ProfileItem
         {...profileItemProps}
-        dragHandleRef={setNodeRef}
+        dragHandleRef={setActivatorNodeRef}
         dragHandleAttributes={attributes}
         dragHandleListeners={listeners}
       />
diff --git a/src/pages/profiles.tsx b/src/pages/profiles.tsx
index 60f6397a5..6f9f3f78f 100644
--- a/src/pages/profiles.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/profiles.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import {
   closestCenter,
+  type CollisionDetection,
   DndContext,
   type DragEndEvent,
   DragOverlay,
   KeyboardSensor,
+  pointerWithin,
   PointerSensor,
   useSensor,
   useSensors,
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ import { debugLog } from '@/utils/debug'
 const PROFILE_UPDATE_WORKER_LIMIT = 8
 const PROFILE_SWITCH_LOADING_DELAY = 400
 
+const profileCollisionDetection: CollisionDetection = (args) => {
+  const pointerCollisions = pointerWithin(args)
+  return pointerCollisions.length > 0 ? pointerCollisions : closestCenter(args)
+}
+
 // Equivalent to rectSortingStrategy without copying the full rect array for every item.
 const profileRectSortingStrategy: SortingStrategy = ({
   rects,
@@ -928,7 +935,7 @@ const ProfilePage = () => {
 
       <DndContext
         sensors={sensors}
-        collisionDetection={closestCenter}
+        collisionDetection={profileCollisionDetection}
         onDragEnd={onDragEnd}
       >
         <Box