diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLineageLayoutUtils.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLineageLayoutUtils.ts
index 28772adf99b4..db3b9ffc2aaf 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLineageLayoutUtils.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/EntityLineageLayoutUtils.ts
@@ -117,17 +117,10 @@ export const getELKLayoutedElements = async (
 
     const nodeHeight = getNodeHeight(node, isColumnOnlyFilterActive, columns);
 
-    const nodeDepth = node.data?.nodeDepth;
-
     return {
       id: node.id,
       width: NODE_WIDTH,
       height: nodeHeight,
-      ...(nodeDepth !== undefined && {
-        layoutOptions: {
-          'elk.partitioning.partition': String(nodeDepth),
-        },
-      }),
     };
   });
 
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.test.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.test.ts
index f73166935636..59dcfb6ac202 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.test.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.test.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('ELKLayout', () => {
       'elk.direction': 'RIGHT',
       'elk.spacing.nodeNode': '80',
       'elk.layered.spacing.nodeNodeBetweenLayers': '200',
-      'elk.layered.nodePlacement.strategy': 'SIMPLE',
-      'elk.partitioning.activate': 'true',
+      'elk.layered.nodePlacement.strategy': 'BRANDES_KOEPF',
+      'elk.layered.nodePlacement.bk.fixedAlignment': 'BALANCED',
     });
   });
 
@@ -344,13 +344,18 @@ describe('ELKLayout', () => {
     ).toBe('200');
   });
 
-  it('uses simple node placement strategy', () => {
+  it('uses brandes-koepf node placement with balanced alignment', () => {
     expect(ELKLayout.layoutOptions['elk.layered.nodePlacement.strategy']).toBe(
-      'SIMPLE'
+      'BRANDES_KOEPF'
     );
+    expect(
+      ELKLayout.layoutOptions['elk.layered.nodePlacement.bk.fixedAlignment']
+    ).toBe('BALANCED');
   });
 
-  it('activates partitioning', () => {
-    expect(ELKLayout.layoutOptions['elk.partitioning.activate']).toBe('true');
+  it('does not activate partitioning so ELK derives layers from edges', () => {
+    expect(
+      ELKLayout.layoutOptions['elk.partitioning.activate']
+    ).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.ts
index f61d077b008b..130d2b4c5366 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/utils/Lineage/Layout/ELKUtil/ELKUtil.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,15 @@ class ELKLayout {
     'elk.direction': 'RIGHT',
     'elk.spacing.nodeNode': '80',
     'elk.layered.spacing.nodeNodeBetweenLayers': '200',
-    'elk.layered.nodePlacement.strategy': 'SIMPLE',
-    'elk.partitioning.activate': 'true',
+    // Let ELK derive layers from edge topology instead of pinning nodes to a
+    // backend-provided nodeDepth. Partitioning forced a multi-branch node into
+    // the column of its first depth, misaligning its other edges.
+    'elk.layered.nodePlacement.strategy': 'BRANDES_KOEPF',
+    // BALANCED averages Brandes-Köpf's four extreme alignments into a centroid.
+    // Without it, a symmetric source (e.g. equal upstream/downstream branches)
+    // has multiple optimal placements and ELK snaps to a top-aligned corner
+    // instead of sitting vertically centered between its neighbors.
+    'elk.layered.nodePlacement.bk.fixedAlignment': 'BALANCED',
   };
 
   constructor() {}