diff --git a/bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard b/bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard
index 8c35b0ee..7e7e738b 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard
+++ b/bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard
@@ -23,14 +23,19 @@ fi
 max_brightness="$(brightnessctl -d "$device" max)"
 current_brightness="$(brightnessctl -d "$device" get)"
 
-# Calculate step as one unit (keyboards typically have discrete levels like 0-3).
+# Calculate step as 10% of max brightness. Keyboards with many levels (e.g. 512)
+# need larger steps; keyboards with few levels (e.g. 3) fall back to step=1.
+step=$(( max_brightness / 10 ))
+(( step < 1 )) && step=1
+
 if [[ $direction == "cycle" ]]; then
-  new_brightness=$(( (current_brightness + 1) % (max_brightness + 1) ))
+  new_brightness=$(( current_brightness + step ))
+  (( new_brightness > max_brightness )) && new_brightness=0
 elif [[ $direction == "up" ]]; then
-  new_brightness=$((current_brightness + 1))
+  new_brightness=$(( current_brightness + step ))
   (( new_brightness > max_brightness )) && new_brightness=$max_brightness
 else
-  new_brightness=$((current_brightness - 1))
+  new_brightness=$(( current_brightness - step ))
   (( new_brightness < 0 )) && new_brightness=0
 fi