diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-tooltip-f6b6fe84-a30a-41b8-9e3c-6df347d764bb.json b/change/@fluentui-react-tooltip-f6b6fe84-a30a-41b8-9e3c-6df347d764bb.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ebfb56547abfba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-tooltip-f6b6fe84-a30a-41b8-9e3c-6df347d764bb.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "removes exposing of internal type FluentTriggerComponent",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-tooltip",
+  "email": "bernardo.sunderhus@gmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/etc/react-tooltip.api.md b/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/etc/react-tooltip.api.md
index f3d7deb31f731e..be590dd02d086c 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/etc/react-tooltip.api.md
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/etc/react-tooltip.api.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import type { ComponentProps } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
 import type { ComponentState } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
-import type { FluentTriggerComponent } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
 import type { PortalProps } from '@fluentui/react-portal';
 import type { PositioningShorthand } from '@fluentui/react-positioning';
 import * as React_2 from 'react';
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ export type OnVisibleChangeData = {
 export const renderTooltip_unstable: (state: TooltipState) => JSX.Element;
 
 // @public
-export const Tooltip: React_2.FC<TooltipProps> & FluentTriggerComponent;
+export const Tooltip: React_2.FC<TooltipProps>;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const tooltipClassNames: SlotClassNames<TooltipSlots>;
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
index d7e4925233bd61..6d9406c6329a60 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-tooltip/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { FluentTriggerComponent } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
 /**
  * A tooltip provides light weight contextual information on top of its target element.
  */
-export const Tooltip: React.FC<TooltipProps> & FluentTriggerComponent = props => {
+export const Tooltip: React.FC<TooltipProps> = props => {
   const state = useTooltip_unstable(props);
 
   useTooltipStyles_unstable(state);
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ export const Tooltip: React.FC<TooltipProps> & FluentTriggerComponent = props =>
 };
 
 Tooltip.displayName = 'Tooltip';
-Tooltip.isFluentTriggerComponent = true;
+// type casting here is required to ensure internal type FluentTriggerComponent is not leaked
+(Tooltip as FluentTriggerComponent).isFluentTriggerComponent = true;