diff --git a/lore-revision/src/revision/sync.rs b/lore-revision/src/revision/sync.rs
index 24c41957..888acfa8 100644
--- a/lore-revision/src/revision/sync.rs
+++ b/lore-revision/src/revision/sync.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ use crate::repository::RepositoryContext;
 use crate::repository::RepositoryWriteToken;
 use crate::repository::THEIRS_SUFFIX;
 use crate::revision;
+use crate::revision::ResolveSearchLocation;
 use crate::state;
 use crate::state::State;
 use crate::util;
@@ -325,6 +326,37 @@ pub async fn sync(
         .await
         .forward::<SyncError>("Failed to find revision")?;
         lore_debug!("Sync resolved revision target is {revision}");
+
+        // Determine location for the explicitly-provided revision.
+        // When the search mode includes remote (--remote or default),
+        // check whether the resolved revision is on the remote timeline.
+        // Without this, location stays Local and the local branch Latest
+        // pointer is never updated, leaving status reporting the branch
+        // as behind remote.
+        if !matches!(
+            execution_context().globals().search_location(),
+            ResolveSearchLocation::Local
+        ) {
+            if let Ok(remote) = repository.remote().await {
+                remote_latest =
+                    branch::load_remote_latest(remote.clone(), repository.id, branch_id)
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap_or_default();
+            }
+            if !remote_latest.is_zero() {
+                if revision == remote_latest {
+                    location = LoreBranchLocation::Remote;
+                } else if let Ok((_bp, _remote_history, local_history)) =
+                    history::find_branch_point(repository.clone(), remote_latest, revision).await
+                {
+                    // revision is an ancestor of remote_latest (on the
+                    // remote timeline) when local_history is empty.
+                    if local_history.is_empty() {
+                        location = LoreBranchLocation::Remote;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     } else {
         // If there is no revision given, then we determine if the local and remote
         // latest revisions are in line or divergent.
diff --git a/scripts/test/test_sync.py b/scripts/test/test_sync.py
index f5f8ba97..493840a3 100644
--- a/scripts/test/test_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/test/test_sync.py
@@ -659,3 +659,51 @@ def test_sync_far_behind_with_local_merge_tip_and_remote_merges(new_lore_repo):
     sync_output = repo.sync()
     _assert_clean_fast_forward(sync_output)
     repo.repository_verify()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.smoke
+def test_sync_remote_explicit_revision(new_lore_repo):
+    """
+    Test that syncing to an explicit revision with --remote updates the
+    local branch Latest pointer, preventing 'Local branch is behind remote'
+    status.
+    """
+    repo = new_lore_repo()
+
+    # Create some initial history
+    with repo.open_file("file1.txt", "w+") as f:
+        f.write("v1")
+    repo.stage("file1.txt")
+    repo.commit("Commit 1")
+
+    # Create a side branch
+    repo.branch_create("feature")
+    repo.branch_switch("feature")
+    with repo.open_file("file2.txt", "w+") as f:
+        f.write("v1")
+    repo.stage("file2.txt")
+    repo.commit("Feature commit")
+    repo.push()
+
+    # Switch back to main, merge the feature branch
+    repo.branch_switch("main")
+    repo.branch_merge_start("feature", message="Merge feature into main")
+    repo.push()
+
+    # Get the client to a clean state on an older commit
+    clone = repo.clone()
+    clone.sync("@LATEST~1")
+    # Get the latest revision hash from the remote by running branch_latest
+    import re
+    merge_revision_output = repo.run(["status"])
+    merge_revision = re.search(r'revision \d+ -> ([a-f0-9]+)', merge_revision_output).group(1)
+    # Now simulate the bug: sync explicitly to the merge revision with --remote
+    clone.sync(merge_revision, remote=True)
+
+    # Check that status does NOT complain about being behind remote
+    status_output = clone.status()
+    assert "Local branch is behind remote" not in status_output, "Branch Latest pointer was not updated"
+
+    # Second sync should say Already on branch, without actually syncing anything
+    sync_output = clone.sync()
+    assert "Already on branch" in sync_output, "Sync did not realize we are already at latest"