diff --git a/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 06aff74eac8..4688b044b7e 100644
--- a/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ _Released 12/2/2025 (PENDING)_
 
 - Improved performance when viewing command snapshots in the Command Log. Element highlighting is now significantly faster, especially when highlighting multiple elements or complex pages. This is achieved by reducing redundant style calculations and batching DOM operations to minimize browser reflows. Addressed in [#32951](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/32951).
 
+**Bugfixes:**
+
+- Fixed an issue where a <script> element before <html> was not injected properly. Addressed in [#32982](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/32982).
+
 ## 15.7.0
 
 _Released 11/19/2025_
diff --git a/packages/proxy/lib/http/util/rewriter.ts b/packages/proxy/lib/http/util/rewriter.ts
index de4d286a771..15bca54e3d8 100644
--- a/packages/proxy/lib/http/util/rewriter.ts
+++ b/packages/proxy/lib/http/util/rewriter.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export type InjectionOpts = {
 }
 
 const doctypeRe = /<\!doctype.*?>/i
+const scriptRe = /<script.*?>/i
 const headRe = /<head(?!er).*?>/i
 const bodyRe = /<body.*?>/i
 const htmlRe = /<html.*?>/i
@@ -78,8 +79,27 @@ const insertAfter = (originalString, match, stringToInsert) => {
   return `${originalString.slice(0, index)} ${stringToInsert}${originalString.slice(index)}`
 }
 
-export async function html (html: string, opts: SecurityOpts & InjectionOpts) {
-  const htmlToInject = await Promise.resolve(getHtmlToInject(opts))
+const isScriptTopLevel = (scriptMatch, htmlMatch) => {
+  if (!scriptMatch) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  if (!htmlMatch) {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  const scriptIndex = scriptMatch.index
+  const htmlIndex = htmlMatch.index
+
+  if (scriptIndex === undefined || htmlIndex === undefined) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return scriptIndex < htmlIndex
+}
+
+export async function html (html: string, opts: SecurityOpts & InjectionOpts, mockedHtmlToInject: string = '') {
+  const htmlToInject = mockedHtmlToInject || await Promise.resolve(getHtmlToInject(opts))
 
   // strip clickjacking and framebusting
   // from the HTML if we've been told to
@@ -93,6 +113,13 @@ export async function html (html: string, opts: SecurityOpts & InjectionOpts) {
 
   // TODO: move this into regex-rewriting and have ast-rewriting handle this in its own way
 
+  const scriptMatch = html.match(scriptRe)
+  const htmlMatch = html.match(htmlRe)
+
+  if (isScriptTopLevel(scriptMatch, htmlMatch)) {
+    return insertBefore(html, scriptMatch, htmlToInject)
+  }
+
   const headMatch = html.match(headRe)
 
   if (headMatch) {
@@ -105,8 +132,6 @@ export async function html (html: string, opts: SecurityOpts & InjectionOpts) {
     return insertBefore(html, bodyMatch, `<head> ${htmlToInject} </head>`)
   }
 
-  const htmlMatch = html.match(htmlRe)
-
   if (htmlMatch) {
     return insertAfter(html, htmlMatch, `<head> ${htmlToInject} </head>`)
   }
diff --git a/packages/proxy/test/unit/http/util/rewriter.spec.ts b/packages/proxy/test/unit/http/util/rewriter.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8860fca92f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/proxy/test/unit/http/util/rewriter.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { html } from '../../../../lib/http/util/rewriter'
+
+const injected = `<script>(() => { TEST })()</script>`
+
+describe('http/util/rewriter', () => {
+  describe('.top-level tests', () => {
+    it('just a script tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<script>Original HTML</script>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`${injected} <script>Original HTML</script>`)
+    })
+
+    it('script tag before a html tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<script>Original Script</script><html>Test HTML</html>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`${injected} <script>Original Script</script><html>Test HTML</html>`)
+    })
+
+    it('script tag after a html tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<html>Test HTML</html><script>Original Script</script>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`<html> <head> ${injected} </head>Test HTML</html><script>Original Script</script>`)
+    })
+
+    it('script tag inside head tag with no body tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<html><head><script>Original Script</script></head></html>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`<html><head> ${injected}<script>Original Script</script></head></html>`)
+    })
+
+    it('script tag inside head tag with a body tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<html><head><script>Original Script</script></head><body>Example Body</body></html>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`<html><head> ${injected}<script>Original Script</script></head><body>Example Body</body></html>`)
+    })
+
+    it('script tag inside body tag with no head tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<html><body><script>Original Script</script></body></html>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`<html><head> ${injected} </head> <body><script>Original Script</script></body></html>`)
+    })
+
+    it('script tag inside body tag with a head tag', async () => {
+      expect(await html('<html><head>Original Head</head><body><script>Original Script</script></body></html>', {} as any, injected))
+      .toEqual(`<html><head> ${injected}Original Head</head><body><script>Original Script</script></body></html>`)
+    })
+  })
+})
