diff --git a/packages/sankey/src/hooks.ts b/packages/sankey/src/hooks.ts
index 1b85c0f3ea..b0c77ff5c8 100644
--- a/packages/sankey/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/sankey/src/hooks.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const computeNodeAndLinks = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink
     height,
     getColor,
     getLabel,
+    nodePositions,
 }: {
     data: SankeyDataProps<N, L>['data']
     formatValue: (value: number) => string
@@ -46,13 +47,12 @@ export const computeNodeAndLinks = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink
     height: number
     getColor: (node: Omit<SankeyNodeDatum<N, L>, 'color' | 'label'>) => string
     getLabel: (node: Omit<SankeyNodeDatum<N, L>, 'color' | 'label'>) => string
+    nodePositions?: Record<string, { x?: number; y?: number }>
 }) => {
     const sankey = d3Sankey()
         .nodeAlign(alignFunction)
-        // @ts-expect-error: this method signature is incorrect in current @types/d3-sankey
-        .nodeSort(sortFunction)
-        // @ts-expect-error: this method is not available in current @types/d3-sankey
-        .linkSort(linkSortMode)
+        .nodeSort(sortFunction as any)
+        .linkSort(linkSortMode as any)
         .nodeWidth(nodeThickness)
         .nodePadding(nodeSpacing)
         .size(layout === 'horizontal' ? [width, height] : [height, width])
@@ -67,10 +67,32 @@ export const computeNodeAndLinks = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink
     sankey(data)
 
     data.nodes.forEach(node => {
+        // Apply explicit positions provided via nodePositions map first
+        if (nodePositions) {
+            const override = nodePositions[node.id as unknown as string]
+            if (override) {
+                if (override.x !== undefined) node.manualX = override.x
+                if (override.y !== undefined) node.manualY = override.y
+            }
+        }
+
         node.color = getColor(node)
         node.label = getLabel(node)
         node.formattedValue = formatValue(node.value)
 
+        // Apply manual positions if provided  
+        if ('manualX' in node && node.manualX !== undefined) {  
+            const thickness = node.x1 - node.x0;  
+            node.x0 = node.manualX;  
+            node.x1 = node.manualX + thickness;  
+        }  
+            
+        if ('manualY' in node && node.manualY !== undefined) {  
+            const height = node.y1 - node.y0;  
+            node.y0 = node.manualY;  
+            node.y1 = node.manualY + height;  
+        }
+
         if (layout === 'horizontal') {
             node.x = node.x0 + nodeInnerPadding
             node.y = node.y0
@@ -96,17 +118,45 @@ export const computeNodeAndLinks = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink
         link.formattedValue = formatValue(link.value)
         link.color = link.source.color
         // @ts-expect-error: @types/d3-sankey
-        link.pos0 = link.y0
-        // @ts-expect-error: @types/d3-sankey
-        link.pos1 = link.y1
-        // @ts-expect-error: @types/d3-sankey
         link.thickness = link.width
-        // @ts-expect-error: @types/d3-sankey
-        delete link.y0
-        // @ts-expect-error: @types/d3-sankey
-        delete link.y1
-        // @ts-expect-error: @types/d3-sankey
-        delete link.width
+    })
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Re-compute link positions so they follow nodes after any manual
+    // node positioning override. We compute each link vertical/horizontal
+    // offset by stacking the link thicknesses within its source and target
+    // node. This replaces the original y0/y1 based positions coming from
+    // d3-sankey which are now out of sync once nodes have been moved.
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    data.nodes.forEach((node: SankeyNodeDatum<N, L>) => {
+        if (layout === 'horizontal') {
+            // Outgoing links (left → right)
+            let sy = 0
+            node.sourceLinks.forEach(link => {
+                link.pos0 = node.y0 + sy + link.thickness / 2
+                sy += link.thickness
+            })
+
+            // Incoming links (left ← right)
+            let ty = 0
+            node.targetLinks.forEach(link => {
+                link.pos1 = node.y0 + ty + link.thickness / 2
+                ty += link.thickness
+            })
+        } else {
+            // Vertical layout, we stack along the X axis instead of Y.
+            let sx = 0
+            node.sourceLinks.forEach(link => {
+                link.pos0 = node.x0 + sx + link.thickness / 2
+                sx += link.thickness
+            })
+
+            let tx = 0
+            node.targetLinks.forEach(link => {
+                link.pos1 = node.x0 + tx + link.thickness / 2
+                tx += link.thickness
+            })
+        }
     })
 
     return data
@@ -127,6 +177,7 @@ export const useSankey = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink>({
     nodeBorderColor,
     label,
     labelTextColor,
+    nodePositions,
 }: {
     data: SankeyDataProps<N, L>['data']
     valueFormat?: SankeyCommonProps<N, L>['valueFormat']
@@ -142,6 +193,7 @@ export const useSankey = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink>({
     nodeBorderColor: SankeyCommonProps<N, L>['nodeBorderColor']
     label: SankeyCommonProps<N, L>['label']
     labelTextColor: SankeyCommonProps<N, L>['labelTextColor']
+    nodePositions?: Record<string, { x?: number; y?: number }>
 }) => {
     const [currentNode, setCurrentNode] = useState<SankeyNodeDatum<N, L> | null>(null)
     const [currentLink, setCurrentLink] = useState<SankeyLinkDatum<N, L> | null>(null)
@@ -195,6 +247,7 @@ export const useSankey = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink>({
                 height,
                 getColor,
                 getLabel,
+                nodePositions,
             }),
         [
             data,
@@ -210,12 +263,13 @@ export const useSankey = <N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink>({
             height,
             getColor,
             getLabel,
+            nodePositions,
         ]
     )
 
     const legendData = useMemo(
         () =>
-            nodes.map(node => ({
+            nodes.map((node: SankeyNodeDatum<N, L>) => ({
                 id: node.id,
                 label: node.label,
                 color: node.color,
diff --git a/packages/sankey/src/types.ts b/packages/sankey/src/types.ts
index 6a4c9c689e..73fb4069ad 100644
--- a/packages/sankey/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/sankey/src/types.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ export type SankeyNodeDatum<N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink> = N &
     y1: number
     value: number
     // custom nivo properties
+    manualX?: number  
+    manualY?: number
     color: string
     label: string
     formattedValue: string
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ export interface SankeyCommonProps<N extends DefaultNode, L extends DefaultLink>
     sort: SankeySortType | SankeySortFunction<N, L>
 
     layers: readonly SankeyLayer<N, L>[]
+    nodePositions?: Record<string, { x?: number, y?: number }>  
 
     margin: Box