diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster.go b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
index b3538d22a65..0807c1d17ab 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
@@ -2037,7 +2037,24 @@ retry:
 			samePeers = slices.Equal(groupPeerIDs, nodePeerIDs)
 		}
 		if !samePeers {
+			// At this point we have no way of knowing:
+			// 1. Whether the group has lost enough nodes to cause a quorum
+			//    loss, in which case a proposal may fail, therefore we will
+			//    force a peerstate write;
+			// 2. Whether nodes in the group have other applies queued up
+			//    that could change the peerstate again, therefore the leader
+			//    should send out a new proposal anyway too just to make sure
+			//    that this change gets captured in the log.
 			node.UpdateKnownPeers(groupPeerIDs)
+
+			// If the peers changed as a result of an update by the meta layer, we must reflect that in the log of
+			// this group. Otherwise, a new peer would come up and instantly reset the peer state back to whatever is
+			// in the log at that time, overwriting what the meta layer told it.
+			// Will need to address this properly later on, by for example having the meta layer decide the new
+			// placement, but have the leader of this group propose it through its own log instead.
+			if node.Leader() {
+				node.ProposeKnownPeers(groupPeerIDs)
+			}
 		}
 		rg.node = node
 		js.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster_4_test.go b/server/jetstream_cluster_4_test.go
index fa3e27f3ea5..685c94db20a 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster_4_test.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster_4_test.go
@@ -5088,3 +5088,109 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterTTLAndDedupe(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = js.PublishMsg(m)
 	require_NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestJetStreamClusterServerPeerRemovePeersDrift(t *testing.T) {
+	c := createJetStreamClusterExplicit(t, "R4S", 4)
+	defer c.shutdown()
+
+	nc, js := jsClientConnect(t, c.randomServer())
+	defer nc.Close()
+
+	_, err := js.AddStream(&nats.StreamConfig{
+		Name:      "TEST",
+		Retention: nats.LimitsPolicy,
+		Subjects:  []string{"foo"},
+		Replicas:  3,
+	})
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+
+	var acc *Account
+	var mset *stream
+
+	// Wait for 3 of the 4 servers to have created the stream.
+	checkFor(t, 2*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, func() error {
+		count := 0
+		for _, s := range c.servers {
+			acc, err = s.lookupAccount(globalAccountName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			_, err = acc.lookupStream("TEST")
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			count++
+		}
+		if count != 3 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected 3 streams, got: %d", count)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	sl := c.streamLeader(globalAccountName, "TEST")
+
+	// Get a random server that:
+	// - is not stream leader
+	// - is not meta leader (peer-removing the meta leader has other issues)
+	// - already hosts the stream so a peer-remove results in changing the stream peer set
+	var rs *Server
+	for _, s := range c.servers {
+		acc, err = s.lookupAccount(globalAccountName)
+		require_NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = acc.lookupStream("TEST")
+		if s == sl || s.isMetaLeader.Load() || err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		rs = s
+		break
+	}
+	if rs == nil {
+		t.Fatal("No server found that's not either stream or meta leader.")
+	}
+	rs.Shutdown()
+
+	// Peer-remove the selected server so the stream moves to the remaining empty server.
+	sc, err := nats.Connect(sl.ClientURL(), nats.UserInfo("admin", "s3cr3t!"))
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+	req := &JSApiMetaServerRemoveRequest{Server: rs.Name()}
+	jsreq, err := json.Marshal(req)
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = sc.Request(JSApiRemoveServer, jsreq, time.Second)
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Eventually there should again be a R3 stream and everyone should agree on the peers.
+	checkFor(t, 2*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, func() error {
+		count := 0
+		var ps []string
+		for _, s := range c.servers {
+			if s == rs {
+				continue
+			}
+			acc, err = s.lookupAccount(globalAccountName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			mset, err = acc.lookupStream("TEST")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			rn := mset.raftNode().(*raft)
+			rn.RLock()
+			peerNames := rn.peerNames()
+			rn.RUnlock()
+			slices.Sort(peerNames)
+			if count == 0 {
+				ps = peerNames
+			} else if !slices.Equal(ps, peerNames) {
+				rsid := rs.NodeName()
+				containsOld := slices.Contains(ps, rsid) || slices.Contains(peerNames, rsid)
+				return fmt.Errorf("no equal peers, expected: %v, got: %v, contains old peer (%s): %v", ps, peerNames, rsid, containsOld)
+			}
+			count++
+		}
+		if count != 3 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected 3 servers hosting stream, got: %d", count)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}