diff --git a/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts b/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts
index 6333599b677..fee6d5b44e4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts
@@ -134,19 +134,6 @@ function getSsrId(tView: TView): string {
   return tView.ssrId;
 }
 
-/**
- * Global counter that is used to generate a unique id for Defer Blocks
- * during the serialization process.
- */
-let deferBlockSsrId = 0;
-
-/**
- * Generates a unique id for a Defer Block.
- */
-function getDeferBlockId(): string {
-  return `d${deferBlockSsrId++}`;
-}
-
 /**
  * Describes a context available during the serialization
  * process. The context is used to share and collect information
@@ -407,6 +394,8 @@ function serializeLContainer(
         [NUM_ROOT_NODES]: numRootNodes,
       };
 
+      let isHydrateNeverBlock = false;
+
       // If this is a defer block, serialize extra info.
       if (isDeferBlock(lView[TVIEW], tNode)) {
         const lDetails = getLDeferBlockDetails(lView, tNode);
@@ -414,11 +403,14 @@ function serializeLContainer(
         if (context.isIncrementalHydrationEnabled) {
           const deferBlockId = `d${context.deferBlocks.size}`;
 
+          const tDetails = getTDeferBlockDetails(lView[TVIEW], tNode);
+          if (tDetails.hydrateTriggers?.has(DeferBlockTrigger.Never)) {
+            isHydrateNeverBlock = true;
+          }
+
           let rootNodes: any[] = [];
           collectNativeNodesInLContainer(lContainer, rootNodes);
 
-          const tDetails = getTDeferBlockDetails(lView[TVIEW], tNode);
-
           // Add defer block into info context.deferBlocks
           const deferBlockInfo: SerializedDeferBlock = {
             [DEFER_PARENT_BLOCK_ID]: parentDeferBlockId,
@@ -440,7 +432,10 @@ function serializeLContainer(
           for (let et of actionList) {
             context.eventTypesToReplay.regular.add(et);
           }
-          annotateDeferBlockRootNodesWithJsAction(actionList, rootNodes, deferBlockId);
+
+          if (!isHydrateNeverBlock) {
+            annotateDeferBlockRootNodesWithJsAction(actionList, rootNodes, deferBlockId);
+          }
 
           // Use current block id as parent for nested routes.
           parentDeferBlockId = deferBlockId;
@@ -453,11 +448,13 @@ function serializeLContainer(
         serializedView[DEFER_BLOCK_STATE] = lDetails[CURRENT_DEFER_BLOCK_STATE];
       }
 
-      // TODO(incremental-hydration): avoid copying of an object here
-      serializedView = {
-        ...serializedView,
-        ...serializeLView(lContainer[i] as LView, parentDeferBlockId, context, injector),
-      };
+      if (!isHydrateNeverBlock) {
+        // TODO(incremental-hydration): avoid copying of an object here
+        serializedView = {
+          ...serializedView,
+          ...serializeLView(lContainer[i] as LView, parentDeferBlockId, context, injector),
+        };
+      }
     }
 
     // Check if the previous view has the same shape (for example, it was
@@ -610,19 +607,6 @@ function serializeLView(
       continue;
     }
 
-    // Attach `jsaction` attribute to elements that have registered listeners,
-    // thus potentially having a need to do an event replay.
-    if (nativeElementsToEventTypes && tNode.type & TNodeType.Element) {
-      const nativeElement = unwrapRNode(lView[i]) as Element;
-      if (nativeElementsToEventTypes.has(nativeElement)) {
-        setJSActionAttributes(
-          nativeElement,
-          nativeElementsToEventTypes.get(nativeElement)!,
-          parentDeferBlockId,
-        );
-      }
-    }
-
     if (Array.isArray(tNode.projection)) {
       for (const projectionHeadTNode of tNode.projection) {
         // We may have `null`s in slots with no projected content.
@@ -663,7 +647,6 @@ function serializeLView(
     }
 
     conditionallyAnnotateNodePath(ngh, tNode, lView, i18nChildren);
-
     if (isLContainer(lView[i])) {
       // Serialize information about a template.
       const embeddedTView = tNode.tView;
@@ -744,6 +727,19 @@ function serializeLView(
         processTextNodeBeforeSerialization(context, rNode);
       }
     }
+
+    // Attach `jsaction` attribute to elements that have registered listeners,
+    // thus potentially having a need to do an event replay.
+    if (nativeElementsToEventTypes && tNode.type & TNodeType.Element) {
+      const nativeElement = unwrapRNode(lView[i]) as Element;
+      if (nativeElementsToEventTypes.has(nativeElement)) {
+        setJSActionAttributes(
+          nativeElement,
+          nativeElementsToEventTypes.get(nativeElement)!,
+          parentDeferBlockId,
+        );
+      }
+    }
   }
   return ngh;
 }
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/test/incremental_hydration_spec.ts b/packages/platform-server/test/incremental_hydration_spec.ts
index 8788df8800e..0ce4fa6f2cd 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/test/incremental_hydration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/test/incremental_hydration_spec.ts
@@ -1339,6 +1339,58 @@ describe('platform-server partial hydration integration', () => {
 
       expect(appHostNode.outerHTML).not.toContain('Outer block placeholder');
     }, 100_000);
+
+    it('should not annotate jsaction events for events inside a hydrate never block', async () => {
+      @Component({
+        standalone: true,
+        selector: 'app',
+        template: `
+          <main (click)="fnA()">
+            @defer (on timer(1s); hydrate never) {
+              <article>
+                defer block rendered!
+                <span id="test" (click)="fnB()">{{value()}}</span>
+                @defer(on immediate; hydrate on idle) {
+                  <p id="test2" (click)="fnB()">shouldn't be annotated</p>
+                } @placeholder {
+                  <p>blah de blah</p>
+                }
+              </article>
+            } @placeholder {
+              <span>Outer block placeholder</span>
+            }
+            @defer (on timer(1s); hydrate on viewport) {
+              <div>
+                viewport section
+                <p (click)="fnA()">has a binding</p>
+            </div>
+            } @placeholder {
+              <span>another placeholder</span>
+            }
+          </main>
+        `,
+      })
+      class SimpleComponent {
+        value = signal('start');
+        fnA() {}
+        fnB() {
+          this.value.set('end');
+        }
+      }
+
+      const appId = 'custom-app-id';
+      const providers = [{provide: APP_ID, useValue: appId}];
+      const hydrationFeatures = [withIncrementalHydration()];
+
+      const html = await ssr(SimpleComponent, {envProviders: providers, hydrationFeatures});
+      const ssrContents = getAppContents(html);
+
+      expect(ssrContents).not.toContain('<span id="test" jsaction="click:;');
+      expect(ssrContents).toContain('<span id="test">start</span>');
+      expect(ssrContents).toContain('<p jsaction="click:;" ngb="d1">has a binding</p>');
+      expect(ssrContents).not.toContain('<p id="test2" jsaction="click:;');
+      expect(ssrContents).toContain('<p id="test2">shouldn\'t be annotated</p>');
+    }, 100_000);
   });
 
   describe('cleanup', () => {