diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index ef30d961974..55be0b6f366 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
       resultSignal[kTimeout] = true;
     }
 
+    // Preserve abort state even if sources are collected before this signal is
+    // observed. Following uses weak references so unused signals can be collected.
+    followCompositeSignal(resultSignal);
+
     return resultSignal;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-any-source-gc.mjs b/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-any-source-gc.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06fd0c0e29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-any-source-gc.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Flags: --expose-gc
+
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+import { gcUntil } from '../common/gc.js';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { it } from 'node:test';
+
+for (const nested of [false, true]) {
+  for (const accessor of ['aborted', 'reason', 'throwIfAborted']) {
+    it(`preserves ${accessor} after source GC (nested: ${nested})`, async () => {
+      let controller = new AbortController();
+      const sourceRef = new WeakRef(controller.signal);
+      let signal = AbortSignal.any([controller.signal]);
+      if (nested) signal = AbortSignal.any([signal]);
+      const reason = { message: 'stop' };
+
+      controller.abort(reason);
+      controller = null;
+
+      // Do not observe the composite or attach a listener before source GC.
+      await gcUntil('source signal is collected', () => sourceRef.deref() === undefined);
+
+      // Exercise each entry point before any other accessor can refresh state.
+      if (accessor === 'aborted') assert.strictEqual(signal.aborted, true);
+      if (accessor === 'reason') assert.strictEqual(signal.reason, reason);
+      assert.throws(() => signal.throwIfAborted(), (err) => err === reason);
+      assert.strictEqual(signal.aborted, true);
+      assert.strictEqual(signal.reason, reason);
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs b/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs
index 224d65abc70..d4c81a7165d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortsignal-drop-settled-signals.mjs
@@ -122,16 +122,22 @@ describe('when there is a long-lived signal', () => {
     }, true);
   });
 
-  it('does not keep retained dependent signals without listeners', (t, done) => {
+  it('propagates abort to retained dependent signals without listeners', (t, done) => {
     const ac = new AbortController();
     const retainedSignals = [];
-    const kDependantSignals = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(ac.signal).find(
-      (s) => s.toString() === 'Symbol(kDependantSignals)'
-    );
 
     function run(iteration) {
       if (iteration > limit) {
-        t.assert.strictEqual(ac.signal[kDependantSignals]?.size ?? 0, 0);
+        const kDependantSignals = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(ac.signal).find(
+          (s) => s.toString() === 'Symbol(kDependantSignals)'
+        );
+        t.assert.strictEqual(ac.signal[kDependantSignals].size, limit);
+        ac.abort('stop');
+        for (const signal of retainedSignals) {
+          t.assert.strictEqual(signal.aborted, true);
+          t.assert.strictEqual(signal.reason, 'stop');
+          t.assert.throws(() => signal.throwIfAborted(), (err) => err === 'stop');
+        }
         done();
         return;
       }
@@ -143,6 +149,24 @@ describe('when there is a long-lived signal', () => {
     run(1);
   });
 
+  it('drops unreachable dependent signals without listeners', async () => {
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    const size = () => {
+      const sym = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(ac.signal).find(
+        (s) => s.toString() === 'Symbol(kDependantSignals)'
+      );
+      return ac.signal[sym]?.size ?? 0;
+    };
+
+    // Reuse a long-lived source across batches to catch accumulating WeakRefs.
+    for (let batch = 0; batch < 3; batch++) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
+        AbortSignal.any([ac.signal]);
+      }
+      await gcUntil('unreachable dependents are dropped', () => size() === 0);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('drops observed dependent signals once they are transitively aborted', async () => {
     const longLived = new AbortController();
     const handler = () => {};