diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.test.tsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8acfb3e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-present Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information.
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import {act, renderWithContext, screen, userEvent, waitFor} from 'tests/react_testing_utils';
+import {RootHtmlPortalId} from 'utils/constants';
+
+import PluginLinkTooltip from '.';
+
+class TestLinkTooltip extends React.PureComponent<{href: string}> {
+    render() {
+        if (this.props.href.includes('tooltip')) {
+            return <div>{'This is a link tooltip'}</div>;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+describe('PluginLinkTooltip', () => {
+    const baseState = {
+        plugins: {
+            components: {
+                LinkTooltip: [
+                    {
+                        id: 'test',
+                        pluginId: 'example.test',
+                        component: TestLinkTooltip,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        },
+    };
+
+    test('should show tooltip on hover', async () => {
+        renderWithContext(
+            <>
+                <PluginLinkTooltip
+                    nodeAttributes={{
+                        href: 'https://example.com/tooltip',
+                    }}
+                >
+                    {'This is a link'}
+                </PluginLinkTooltip>
+                <div id={RootHtmlPortalId}/>
+            </>,
+            baseState,
+        );
+
+        expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+        userEvent.hover(screen.getByText('This is a link'));
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).toBeVisible();
+        });
+
+        act(() => {
+            userEvent.unhover(screen.getByText('This is a link'));
+        });
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+        });
+    });
+
+    test('should not take focus when the tooltip appears', async () => {
+        renderWithContext(
+            <>
+                <textarea data-testid='textarea'/>
+                <PluginLinkTooltip
+                    nodeAttributes={{
+                        href: 'https://example.com/tooltip',
+                    }}
+                >
+                    {'This is a link'}
+                </PluginLinkTooltip>
+                <div id={RootHtmlPortalId}/>
+            </>,
+            baseState,
+        );
+
+        screen.getByTestId('textarea').focus();
+
+        userEvent.hover(screen.getByText('This is a link'));
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).toBeVisible();
+        });
+
+        expect(screen.getByTestId('textarea')).toHaveFocus();
+
+        act(() => {
+            userEvent.unhover(screen.getByText('This is a link'));
+        });
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+        });
+
+        expect(screen.getByTestId('textarea')).toHaveFocus();
+    });
+
+    test('should not take focus when hovered without a tooltip', async () => {
+        renderWithContext(
+            <>
+                <textarea data-testid='textarea'/>
+                <PluginLinkTooltip
+                    nodeAttributes={{
+                        href: 'https://example.com',
+                    }}
+                >
+                    {'This is a link'}
+                </PluginLinkTooltip>
+                <div id={RootHtmlPortalId}/>
+            </>,
+            baseState,
+        );
+
+        screen.getByTestId('textarea').focus();
+
+        userEvent.hover(screen.getByText('This is a link'));
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+        });
+
+        expect(screen.getByTestId('textarea')).toHaveFocus();
+
+        act(() => {
+            userEvent.unhover(screen.getByText('This is a link'));
+        });
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(screen.queryByText('This is a link tooltip')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+        });
+
+        expect(screen.getByTestId('textarea')).toHaveFocus();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.tsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.tsx
index af18869dbb..e33271aada 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.tsx
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/plugin_link_tooltip/index.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ import {
     inline,
     useTransitionStyles,
     FloatingOverlay,
-    FloatingFocusManager,
     useFocus,
 } from '@floating-ui/react';
 import React, {useState} from 'react';
-import type {AnchorHTMLAttributes, ReactElement} from 'react';
+import type {AnchorHTMLAttributes, ReactNode} from 'react';
 
 import Pluggable from 'plugins/pluggable';
 import {RootHtmlPortalId, OverlaysTimings, OverlayTransitionStyles} from 'utils/constants';
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ import './plugin_link_tooltip.scss';
 
 interface Props {
     nodeAttributes: AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>;
-    children: ReactElement;
+    children: ReactNode;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -74,19 +73,17 @@ export default function PluginLinkTooltip(props: Props) {
             {isMounted && (
                 <FloatingPortal id={RootHtmlPortalId}>
                     <FloatingOverlay className='plugin-link-tooltip-floating-overlay'>
-                        <FloatingFocusManager context={floatingContext}>
-                            <div
-                                ref={setFloating}
-                                style={{...floatingStyles, ...transitionStyles}}
-                                {...getFloatingProps()}
-                            >
-                                <Pluggable
-                                    href={props.nodeAttributes.href || ''}
-                                    show={true}
-                                    pluggableName='LinkTooltip'
-                                />
-                            </div>
-                        </FloatingFocusManager>
+                        <div
+                            ref={setFloating}
+                            style={{...floatingStyles, ...transitionStyles}}
+                            {...getFloatingProps()}
+                        >
+                            <Pluggable
+                                href={props.nodeAttributes.href || ''}
+                                show={true}
+                                pluggableName='LinkTooltip'
+                            />
+                        </div>
                     </FloatingOverlay>
                 </FloatingPortal>
             )}