diff --git a/docs/source/references/retargeting/index.rst b/docs/source/references/retargeting/index.rst
index 81da6c89b..0b7b07c68 100644
--- a/docs/source/references/retargeting/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/references/retargeting/index.rst
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ Available Retargeters
    ``[vel_x, vel_y, rot_vel_z, hip_height]``. Left thumbstick: linear velocity (X, Y). Right
    thumbstick X: angular velocity (Z). Right thumbstick Y: hip height adjustment.
    ``LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig`` includes ``initial_hip_height``, ``movement_scale``,
-   ``rotation_scale``, and ``dt`` (time step for height integration).
+   ``rotation_scale``, and ``fallback_dt`` (first-frame nominal step; steady-state ``dt`` is
+   derived from ``ComputeContext.graph_time``).
 
 .. dropdown:: LocomotionFixedRootCmdRetargeter
 
diff --git a/src/core/retargeting_engine_tests/python/test_locomotion_retargeter.py b/src/core/retargeting_engine_tests/python/test_locomotion_retargeter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1957477d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/retargeting_engine_tests/python/test_locomotion_retargeter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Tests for LocomotionRootCmdRetargeter — hip-height integration uses real
+elapsed time from ``ComputeContext.graph_time``, so the result is invariant to
+the control rate (60/90/120 Hz)."""
+
+import math
+
+from isaacteleop.retargeters.locomotion_retargeter import (
+    LocomotionRootCmdRetargeter,
+    LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig,
+)
+from isaacteleop.retargeting_engine.interface import (
+    ComputeContext,
+    ExecutionEvents,
+    GraphTime,
+    OptionalTensorGroup,
+    OptionalType,
+    TensorGroup,
+    TensorGroupType,
+)
+from isaacteleop.retargeting_engine.tensor_types import (
+    ControllerInput,
+    ControllerInputIndex,
+    DLDataType,
+    NDArrayType,
+)
+
+
+def _make_controller_group(thumbstick_y: float) -> OptionalTensorGroup:
+    """Build a ``controller_*`` input with only the thumbstick fields set —
+    those are the only fields the locomotion retargeter reads. Writing any
+    field flips ``is_none`` to False."""
+    group = OptionalTensorGroup(OptionalType(ControllerInput()))
+    group[ControllerInputIndex.THUMBSTICK_X] = 0.0
+    group[ControllerInputIndex.THUMBSTICK_Y] = thumbstick_y
+    return group
+
+
+def _make_output_group() -> TensorGroup:
+    return TensorGroup(
+        TensorGroupType(
+            "root_command",
+            [NDArrayType("command", shape=(4,), dtype=DLDataType.FLOAT, dtype_bits=32)],
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def _run_at_rate(rate_hz: float, duration_s: float, right_y: float) -> float:
+    """Drive the retargeter at ``rate_hz`` for ``duration_s`` with a constant
+    right-stick Y value. Returns the final hip height."""
+    config = LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig(
+        initial_hip_height=0.72,
+        rotation_scale=0.35,
+    )
+    r = LocomotionRootCmdRetargeter(config, name="locomotion")
+
+    period_s = 1.0 / rate_hz
+    period_ns = int(round(period_s * 1e9))
+    n_steps = int(round(duration_s / period_s))
+
+    inputs = {
+        "controller_left": _make_controller_group(0.0),
+        "controller_right": _make_controller_group(right_y),
+    }
+    outputs = {"root_command": _make_output_group()}
+
+    t_ns = 0
+    for _ in range(n_steps):
+        ctx = ComputeContext(graph_time=GraphTime(sim_time_ns=t_ns, real_time_ns=t_ns))
+        r._compute_fn(inputs, outputs, ctx)
+        t_ns += period_ns
+
+    return float(outputs["root_command"][0][3])
+
+
+class TestLocomotionDtIntegration:
+    """Hip-height integration is rate-invariant when dt is derived from
+    ``GraphTime``."""
+
+    def test_hip_height_matches_across_rates(self):
+        """Equal wall-clock duration with the same stick value should produce
+        the same hip-height delta at 60, 90, and 120 Hz."""
+        duration_s = 1.0
+        right_y = 0.5
+
+        h60 = _run_at_rate(60.0, duration_s, right_y)
+        h90 = _run_at_rate(90.0, duration_s, right_y)
+        h120 = _run_at_rate(120.0, duration_s, right_y)
+
+        # 60Hz integrates the first frame with the nominal fallback dt (1/60),
+        # so we tolerate ~1 frame of drift at the highest rate. The point is
+        # that 90/120 Hz are NOT scaled by their period mismatch with 60 Hz
+        # (which would have produced 1.5x / 2x the delta).
+        tol = 1.0 / 60.0 * 0.35 * abs(right_y) + 1e-6
+        assert math.isclose(h60, h90, abs_tol=tol), (h60, h90)
+        assert math.isclose(h60, h120, abs_tol=tol), (h60, h120)
+        assert math.isclose(h90, h120, abs_tol=tol), (h90, h120)
+
+    def test_hip_height_unchanged_when_stick_zero(self):
+        """Zero thumbstick input must leave hip height at the configured initial."""
+        config = LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig(initial_hip_height=0.72)
+        r = LocomotionRootCmdRetargeter(config, name="locomotion")
+
+        inputs = {
+            "controller_left": _make_controller_group(0.0),
+            "controller_right": _make_controller_group(0.0),
+        }
+        outputs = {"root_command": _make_output_group()}
+
+        for i in range(60):
+            t_ns = i * (1_000_000_000 // 60)
+            ctx = ComputeContext(
+                graph_time=GraphTime(sim_time_ns=t_ns, real_time_ns=t_ns)
+            )
+            r._compute_fn(inputs, outputs, ctx)
+
+        # Output is float32, so allow one ulp of round-trip slack from 0.72.
+        assert math.isclose(float(outputs["root_command"][0][3]), 0.72, abs_tol=1e-6)
+
+    def test_reset_clears_previous_timestamp(self):
+        """After a reset, the next step uses the fallback dt rather than a
+        huge gap from the pre-reset timestamp."""
+        config = LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig(
+            initial_hip_height=0.72,
+            rotation_scale=0.35,
+        )
+        r = LocomotionRootCmdRetargeter(config, name="locomotion")
+
+        inputs = {
+            "controller_left": _make_controller_group(0.0),
+            "controller_right": _make_controller_group(1.0),
+        }
+        outputs = {"root_command": _make_output_group()}
+
+        # Advance the clock by 10 seconds across two steps.
+        t_a = 0
+        t_b = 10_000_000_000  # 10s later
+        ctx_a = ComputeContext(graph_time=GraphTime(sim_time_ns=t_a, real_time_ns=t_a))
+        r._compute_fn(inputs, outputs, ctx_a)
+
+        # Reset between steps: the next step should NOT integrate over the
+        # 10-second gap, only over the fallback dt.
+        ctx_b = ComputeContext(
+            graph_time=GraphTime(sim_time_ns=t_b, real_time_ns=t_b),
+            execution_events=ExecutionEvents(reset=True),
+        )
+        r._compute_fn(inputs, outputs, ctx_b)
+        h_after_reset = float(outputs["root_command"][0][3])
+
+        # After reset, the integration starts from initial_hip_height and uses
+        # the fallback dt for this frame — NOT the 10s gap from the prior step.
+        # Output rounds to float32, so use a tolerance compatible with that.
+        expected = 0.72 + 1.0 * config.fallback_dt * 0.35
+        assert math.isclose(h_after_reset, expected, abs_tol=1e-5), h_after_reset
+        # And verify it is nowhere near what 10s of integration would produce
+        # (which would saturate at the 1.0 hip ceiling).
+        assert h_after_reset < 0.73
diff --git a/src/retargeters/locomotion_retargeter.py b/src/retargeters/locomotion_retargeter.py
index 72ac7d81e..9c794980a 100644
--- a/src/retargeters/locomotion_retargeter.py
+++ b/src/retargeters/locomotion_retargeter.py
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ class LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig:
     initial_hip_height: float = 0.72
     movement_scale: float = 0.5
     rotation_scale: float = 0.35
-    dt: float = 1.0 / 60.0  # Assumed time step if not provided externally
+    # First-frame fallback only; steady-state dt is derived from
+    # ``ComputeContext.graph_time`` so the integration is correct at any
+    # control rate (60/90/120 Hz), not just 60 Hz.
+    fallback_dt: float = 1.0 / 60.0
 
 
 class LocomotionRootCmdRetargeter(BaseRetargeter):
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ def __init__(self, config: LocomotionRootCmdRetargeterConfig, name: str) -> None
         super().__init__(name=name)
         self._config = config
         self._hip_height = config.initial_hip_height
+        self._prev_real_time_ns: int | None = None
 
     def input_spec(self) -> RetargeterIOType:
         """Requires left and right controller inputs (Optional)."""
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ def _compute_fn(self, inputs: RetargeterIO, outputs: RetargeterIO, context) -> N
         """Computes root command from controller inputs."""
         if context.execution_events.reset:
             self._hip_height = self._config.initial_hip_height
+            self._prev_real_time_ns = None
 
         left_thumbstick_x = 0.0
         left_thumbstick_y = 0.0
@@ -156,7 +161,15 @@ def _compute_fn(self, inputs: RetargeterIO, outputs: RetargeterIO, context) -> N
 
         # Update hip height
         # Right stick Y controls height change (OpenXR up=+1 = raise, so add)
-        dt = self._config.dt
+        # Derive dt from the per-step real-time clock so the integration is
+        # correct at any control rate. The first frame after init/reset has no
+        # previous timestamp, so fall back to the configured nominal dt.
+        now_ns = context.graph_time.real_time_ns
+        if self._prev_real_time_ns is None:
+            dt = self._config.fallback_dt
+        else:
+            dt = max(0.0, (now_ns - self._prev_real_time_ns) / 1e9)
+        self._prev_real_time_ns = now_ns
         self._hip_height += right_thumbstick_y * dt * self._config.rotation_scale
         self._hip_height = max(0.4, min(1.0, self._hip_height))