diff --git a/apps/daemon/src/routes/project/index.ts b/apps/daemon/src/routes/project/index.ts
index 96025ff3a76..e52b4b1603f 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/src/routes/project/index.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/src/routes/project/index.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ const URL_PREVIEW_SCROLL_BRIDGE = `<script data-od-url-scroll-bridge>
   function requestRestore(){
     window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'od:preview-scroll-request' }, '*');
   }
+  function postWheel(ev){
+    var deltaY = Number(ev && ev.deltaY);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(deltaY) || deltaY === 0) return;
+    window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'od:preview-wheel', deltaY: deltaY }, '*');
+    ev.preventDefault();
+  }
   window.addEventListener('message', function(ev){
     var data = ev && ev.data;
     if (!data || !data.type) return;
@@ -173,6 +179,7 @@ const URL_PREVIEW_SCROLL_BRIDGE = `<script data-od-url-scroll-bridge>
   });
   window.addEventListener('scroll', schedule, true);
   document.addEventListener('scroll', schedule, true);
+  document.addEventListener('wheel', postWheel, { passive: false });
   window.addEventListener('resize', schedule);
   if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
     document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
diff --git a/apps/daemon/tests/project-file-range.test.ts b/apps/daemon/tests/project-file-range.test.ts
index 208850c4f47..54fa7dd372a 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/tests/project-file-range.test.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/tests/project-file-range.test.ts
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ describe('GET /api/projects/:id/raw/* range request route', () => {
     const html = await bridged.text();
     expect(html).toContain('data-od-url-scroll-bridge');
     expect(html).toContain("type: 'od:preview-scroll'");
+    expect(html).toContain("type: 'od:preview-wheel'");
   });
 
   it('injects the URL preview scroll bridge before the closing body tag', async () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/FileViewer.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/FileViewer.tsx
index 5f511773ef4..e047e7e0889 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/FileViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/FileViewer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useId, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ClipboardEvent as ReactClipboardEvent, type CSSProperties, type DragEvent as ReactDragEvent, type MouseEvent as ReactMouseEvent, type ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useId, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ClipboardEvent as ReactClipboardEvent, type CSSProperties, type DragEvent as ReactDragEvent, type MouseEvent as ReactMouseEvent, type ReactNode, type WheelEvent as ReactWheelEvent } from 'react';
 import { createPortal, flushSync } from 'react-dom';
 import { Button, Input, Select } from '@open-design/components';
 import { APP_CHROME_FILE_ACTIONS_ID, APP_CHROME_FILE_ACTIONS_SELECTOR } from './AppChromeHeader';
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ const PREVIEW_VIEWPORT_PRESETS: PreviewViewportPreset[] = [
     titleKey: 'fileViewer.viewportMobileTitle',
   },
 ];
+const PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS = [50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200] as const;
 
 function previewViewportIcon(viewport: PreviewViewportId): string {
   if (viewport === 'tablet') return 'tablet-line';
@@ -920,6 +921,18 @@ function previewScaleShellStyle(
   };
 }
 
+function previewZoomFromWheel(currentZoom: number, deltaY: number): number {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(deltaY) || deltaY === 0) return currentZoom;
+  if (deltaY < 0) {
+    return PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS.find((level) => level > currentZoom) ?? PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS[PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS.length - 1]!;
+  }
+  for (let index = PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+    const level = PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS[index]!;
+    if (level < currentZoom) return level;
+  }
+  return PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS[0]!;
+}
+
 function manualEditPreviewShellStyle(
   viewport: PreviewViewportId,
   previewScale: number,
@@ -1503,6 +1516,11 @@ export function LiveArtifactViewer({
     [projectId, liveArtifact.artifactId, reloadKey],
   );
   const previewScale = zoom / 100;
+  const handlePreviewWheel = useCallback((event: ReactWheelEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+    if (!Number.isFinite(event.deltaY) || event.deltaY === 0) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    setZoom((current) => previewZoomFromWheel(current, event.deltaY));
+  }, []);
 
   // Instrument the live-artifact iframe so failed loads — usually a
   // missing artifact file or a stuck `od://` resolver — surface in
@@ -1703,7 +1721,7 @@ export function LiveArtifactViewer({
               </button>
               {zoomMenuOpen && mode === 'preview' ? (
                 <div className="zoom-menu-popover" role="menu">
-                  {[50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200].map((level) => (
+                  {PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS.map((level) => (
                     <button
                       key={level}
                       type="button"
@@ -1787,6 +1805,7 @@ export function LiveArtifactViewer({
           data-active={mode === 'preview' ? 'true' : 'false'}
           aria-hidden={mode === 'preview' ? undefined : true}
           style={previewViewportStyle(previewViewport, previewScale, previewBodySize)}
+          onWheel={handlePreviewWheel}
         >
           <div className="preview-frame-clip">
             <div style={previewScaleShellStyle(previewViewport, previewScale)}>
@@ -6122,6 +6141,16 @@ function HtmlViewer({
   const [strokePoints, setStrokePoints] = useState<StrokePoint[]>([]);
   const previewStateKey = `${projectId}:${file.name}`;
   const previewScale = zoom / 100;
+  const applyPreviewWheelZoom = useCallback((deltaY: number) => {
+    if (drawOverlayOpen) return;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(deltaY) || deltaY === 0) return;
+    setZoom((current) => previewZoomFromWheel(current, deltaY));
+  }, [drawOverlayOpen]);
+  const handlePreviewWheel = useCallback((event: ReactWheelEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+    if (!Number.isFinite(event.deltaY) || event.deltaY === 0) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    applyPreviewWheelZoom(event.deltaY);
+  }, [applyPreviewWheelZoom]);
   const localCommentSideDockActive = commentPanelOpen && !commentPortalHost;
   const boardPreviewCanvasSize = commentPreviewCanvasSize(previewBodySize, {
     boardMode: localCommentSideDockActive,
@@ -6901,8 +6930,14 @@ function HtmlViewer({
         frameTop?: number;
         canvasLeft?: number;
         canvasTop?: number;
+        deltaY?: number;
       } | null;
-      if (!data || data.type !== 'od:preview-scroll') return;
+      if (!data) return;
+      if (data.type === 'od:preview-wheel') {
+        applyPreviewWheelZoom(Number(data.deltaY || 0));
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.type !== 'od:preview-scroll') return;
       if (previewScrollRestoreRef.current && Number(data.canvasLeft || 0) === 0 && Number(data.canvasTop || 0) === 0) return;
       if (
         previewScrollPositionRef.current.canvasLeft !== 0 ||
@@ -6979,7 +7014,7 @@ function HtmlViewer({
       window.removeEventListener('message', onRestoreRequest);
       window.removeEventListener('message', onDcViewportMessage);
     };
-  }, [isActivePreviewIframeSource, isOurPreviewIframeSource]);
+  }, [applyPreviewWheelZoom, isActivePreviewIframeSource, isOurPreviewIframeSource]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!effectiveDeck) {
@@ -10198,7 +10233,7 @@ function HtmlViewer({
                   </button>
                   {zoomMenuOpen ? (
                     <div className="zoom-menu-popover" role="menu">
-                      {[50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200].map((level) => (
+                      {PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS.map((level) => (
                         <button
                           key={level}
                           type="button"
@@ -10393,7 +10428,7 @@ function HtmlViewer({
                     {source !== null && mode === 'preview' ? (
                       <>
                         <div className="viewer-toolbar-more-separator" role="separator" />
-                        {[50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200].map((level) => (
+                        {PREVIEW_ZOOM_LEVELS.map((level) => (
                           <button
                             key={level}
                             type="button"
@@ -10791,6 +10826,7 @@ function HtmlViewer({
             data-testid={manualEditMode ? undefined : 'comment-preview-layout'}
             style={previewViewportStyle(previewViewport, previewScale, boardPreviewCanvasSize, boardPreviewScaleOptions)}
             onMouseLeave={manualEditMode ? clearManualEditHover : undefined}
+            onWheel={handlePreviewWheel}
           >
             {manualEditPanel}
             {manualEditHoverAffordance}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/runtime/srcdoc.ts b/apps/web/src/runtime/srcdoc.ts
index b82b3364b2e..79fdfa22489 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/runtime/srcdoc.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/runtime/srcdoc.ts
@@ -1593,6 +1593,12 @@ function meaningfulDomFallbackTarget(el) {
   function requestPreviewScrollRestore(){
     window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'od:preview-scroll-request' }, '*');
   }
+  function postPreviewWheel(ev){
+    var deltaY = Number(ev && ev.deltaY);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(deltaY) || deltaY === 0) return;
+    window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'od:preview-wheel', deltaY: deltaY }, '*');
+    ev.preventDefault();
+  }
   function findCommentTargetByIdentity(elementId, selector){
     var el = null;
     if (selector) {
@@ -1953,6 +1959,7 @@ function meaningfulDomFallbackTarget(el) {
     schedulePostTargets();
     schedulePostPreviewScroll();
   }, true);
+  document.addEventListener('wheel', postPreviewWheel, { passive: false });
   var mo = new MutationObserver(schedulePostTargets);
   // childList only — NOT attributes/characterData. Re-walking every annotated
   // target on every attribute/text mutation made an animated artifact (inline
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/components/FileViewer.test.tsx b/apps/web/tests/components/FileViewer.test.tsx
index c49c91a3508..35a000f5585 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/components/FileViewer.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/tests/components/FileViewer.test.tsx
@@ -3788,6 +3788,71 @@ describe('FileViewer tweaks toolbar', () => {
     expect((await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Preview viewport' })).textContent).toContain('Tablet');
   });
 
+  it('updates HTML preview zoom when the mouse wheel zooms over the preview', async () => {
+    render(
+      <FileViewer
+        projectId="project-1"
+        projectKind="prototype"
+        file={htmlPreviewFile()}
+        liveHtml='<html><body><main data-od-id="hero">Hero</main></body></html>'
+      />,
+    );
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('comment-preview-layout');
+    const shell = screen
+      .getByTestId('comment-preview-canvas')
+      .querySelector<HTMLElement>('.comment-frame-clip > div');
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '100%' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(shell?.style.transform).toBe('scale(1)');
+
+    fireEvent.wheel(layout, { deltaY: -100 });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '125%' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(shell?.style.transform).toBe('scale(1.25)');
+
+    fireEvent.wheel(layout, { deltaY: 100 });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '100%' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(shell?.style.transform).toBe('scale(1)');
+
+    fireEvent.wheel(layout, { ctrlKey: true, deltaY: -100 });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '125%' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(shell?.style.transform).toBe('scale(1.25)');
+
+    const frame = screen.getByTestId('artifact-preview-frame') as HTMLIFrameElement;
+    act(() => {
+      window.dispatchEvent(new MessageEvent('message', {
+        source: frame.contentWindow,
+        data: { type: 'od:preview-wheel', deltaY: 100 },
+      }));
+    });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '100%' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(shell?.style.transform).toBe('scale(1)');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps Draw overlay wheel scrolling from changing preview zoom', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <FileViewer
+        projectId="project-1"
+        projectKind="prototype"
+        file={htmlPreviewFile()}
+        liveHtml='<html><body><main data-od-id="hero">Hero</main></body></html>'
+      />,
+    );
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('draw-overlay-toggle'));
+    const canvas = container.querySelector('canvas');
+    expect(canvas).toBeTruthy();
+
+    fireEvent.wheel(canvas!, { deltaY: -100 });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: '100%' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: '125%' })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('keeps the Draw bar open after queueing an annotation', () => {
     render(
       <FileViewer projectId="project-1" projectKind="prototype" file={htmlPreviewFile()}
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/runtime/srcdoc.test.ts b/apps/web/tests/runtime/srcdoc.test.ts
index a1b2b771cd4..554f470f356 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/runtime/srcdoc.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/runtime/srcdoc.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ describe('buildSrcdoc', () => {
     expect(srcdoc).toContain('MutationObserver(schedulePostTargets)');
     expect(srcdoc).toContain('schedulePostPreviewScroll');
     expect(srcdoc).toContain("type: 'od:preview-scroll'");
+    expect(srcdoc).toContain("type: 'od:preview-wheel'");
     expect(srcdoc).toContain("type: 'od:preview-scroll-request'");
     expect(srcdoc).toContain("data.type === 'od:preview-scroll-by'");
     expect(srcdoc).toContain('previewScrollBy(data.left, data.top)');