diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-years-focus.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-years-focus.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e13834085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-years-focus.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"bits-ui": patch
+---
+
+fix(DateField): keep focus on the year while correcting its first digit
diff --git a/packages/bits-ui/src/lib/bits/date-field/date-field.svelte.ts b/packages/bits-ui/src/lib/bits/date-field/date-field.svelte.ts
index 1da2a23ea..1f7e7159a 100644
--- a/packages/bits-ui/src/lib/bits/date-field/date-field.svelte.ts
+++ b/packages/bits-ui/src/lib/bits/date-field/date-field.svelte.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export class DateFieldRootState {
 	descriptionNode = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 	validationNode = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 	states = initSegmentStates();
+	#segmentClearedValue = false;
 	dayPeriodNode = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 	rangeRoot: DateRangeFieldRootState | undefined = undefined;
 	name = $state("");
@@ -311,6 +312,10 @@ export class DateFieldRootState {
 
 		$effect(() => {
 			if (this.value.current === undefined) {
+				if (this.#segmentClearedValue) {
+					this.#segmentClearedValue = false;
+					return;
+				}
 				this.segmentValues = initializeSegmentValues(this.inferredGranularity);
 			}
 		});
@@ -680,6 +685,7 @@ export class DateFieldRootState {
 				})
 			);
 		} else {
+			this.#segmentClearedValue = true;
 			this.setValue(undefined);
 			this.segmentValues = newSegmentValues;
 		}
@@ -1220,7 +1226,7 @@ class DateFieldYearSegmentState extends BaseNumericSegmentState {
 
 			if (prev === null) {
 				this.announcer.announce(num);
-				return `000${num}`;
+				return `${num}`;
 			}
 
 			const str = prev.toString() + num.toString();
@@ -1234,6 +1240,9 @@ class DateFieldYearSegmentState extends BaseNumericSegmentState {
 					str.length <= 4
 				) {
 					this.announcer.announce(mergedInt);
+					if (str.length === 4) {
+						moveToNext = true;
+					}
 					return str;
 				}
 
@@ -1253,7 +1262,7 @@ class DateFieldYearSegmentState extends BaseNumericSegmentState {
 			return mergedIntStr;
 		});
 
-		if (this.#pressedKeys.length === 4 || this.#pressedKeys.length === this.#backspaceCount) {
+		if (this.#pressedKeys.length === 4) {
 			moveToNext = true;
 		}
 
@@ -1280,9 +1289,8 @@ class DateFieldYearSegmentState extends BaseNumericSegmentState {
 				return null;
 			}
 			const next = str.slice(0, -1);
-			this.announcer.announce(next);
-
-			return `${next}`;
+			this.announcer.announce(Number.parseInt(next));
+			return next;
 		});
 
 		if (moveToPrev) {
diff --git a/tests/src/tests/date-field/date-field.browser.test.ts b/tests/src/tests/date-field/date-field.browser.test.ts
index 616d5de16..f35d1f4f7 100644
--- a/tests/src/tests/date-field/date-field.browser.test.ts
+++ b/tests/src/tests/date-field/date-field.browser.test.ts
@@ -650,6 +650,20 @@ describe("date field", () => {
 		await expect.element(hour).toHaveFocus();
 	});
 
+	it("should keep focus on the year after correcting its first digit", async () => {
+		const t = setup({ granularity: "hour" });
+		const { getHour } = getTimeSegments(page.getByTestId);
+
+		await t.year.click();
+		await userEvent.keyboard("1");
+		await userEvent.keyboard(kbd.BACKSPACE);
+		await userEvent.keyboard("2");
+
+		await expect.element(t.year).toHaveTextContent("2");
+		await expect.element(t.year).toHaveFocus();
+		await expect.element(getHour()).not.toHaveFocus();
+	});
+
 	it("should allow going from 12PM -> 12AM without changing the display hour to 0", async () => {
 		setup({
 			value: new CalendarDateTime(2023, 10, 12, 12, 30, 0, 0),
@@ -1103,6 +1117,14 @@ describe("date field", () => {
 		await userEvent.keyboard(kbd.ARROW_DOWN);
 		await expect.element(hour).toHaveTextContent("19");
 	});
+
+	it("should not affect day/month segments when backspacing the year", async () => {
+		const t = setup({ value: new CalendarDate(2023, 10, 12) });
+		await t.year.click();
+		await userEvent.keyboard(kbd.BACKSPACE);
+		await expect.element(t.day).toHaveTextContent("12");
+		await expect.element(t.month).toHaveTextContent("10");
+	});
 });
 
 /**