diff --git a/change/@ni-nimble-components-3bbc3e1f-cc55-43d0-9f8a-96229d247ce8.json b/change/@ni-nimble-components-3bbc3e1f-cc55-43d0-9f8a-96229d247ce8.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8cddee7fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@ni-nimble-components-3bbc3e1f-cc55-43d0-9f8a-96229d247ce8.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Fix bug where nesting level of rows sometimes gets out of sync with data",
+  "packageName": "@ni/nimble-components",
+  "email": "20542556+mollykreis@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/index.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/index.ts
index be4f6be7d0..ec4cb5b7c5 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/index.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ export class TableRow<
         return this.isParentRow && this.nestingLevel === 0;
     }
 
+    @volatile
+    public get isNestedParent(): boolean {
+        return this.isParentRow && this.nestingLevel > 0;
+    }
+
     // Programmatically updating the selection state of a checkbox fires the 'change' event.
     // Therefore, selection change events that occur due to programmatically updating
     // the selection checkbox 'checked' value should be ingored.
diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/template.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/template.ts
index 0d1a7e066c..6b04ae9eef 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/template.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/table/components/row/template.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const template = html<TableRow>`
         `)}
 
         <span ${ref('cellContainer')} 
-            class="cell-container ${x => (x.isParentRow && x.nestingLevel > 0 ? 'nested-parent' : '')}"
+            class="cell-container ${x => (x.isNestedParent ? 'nested-parent' : '')}"
         >
             ${repeat(x => x.columns, html<TableColumn, TableRow>`
                 ${when(x => !x.columnHidden, html<TableColumn, TableRow>`