diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/Timeline.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/Timeline.cs
index 1e374d3103..7233faa955 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/Timeline.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/Components/Timeline/Timeline.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose.Components.Timeline
             if (!track.IsLoaded || track.Length == 0)
                 return;
 
+            // covers the case where the user starts playback after a drag is in progress.
+            // we want to ensure the clock is always stopped during drags to avoid weird audio playback.
+            if (handlingDragInput)
+                editorClock.Stop();
+
             ScrollTo((float)(editorClock.CurrentTime / track.Length) * Content.DrawWidth, false);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.iOS.props b/osu.iOS.props
index 76c496cd2d..40ecfffcca 100644
--- a/osu.iOS.props
+++ b/osu.iOS.props
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@
     <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.iOS" Version="2020.1029.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Game.Resources" Version="2020.1030.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- See https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/35988 (can be removed after Xamarin uses net5.0 / net6.0) -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1605</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client" Version="3.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="3.0.3" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <!-- Xamarin.iOS does not automatically handle transitive dependencies from NuGet packages. -->
   <ItemGroup Label="Transitive Dependencies">
     <PackageReference Include="DiffPlex" Version="1.6.3" />