diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-rings-prove.md b/.changeset/wicked-rings-prove.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28b49915491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-rings-prove.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": patch
+---
+
+Tooltip2: Render tooltip element as `span` instead of `div`
diff --git a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.tsx b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.tsx
index acb39a9b90d..af1c76bb316 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const animationStyles = `
   animation-delay: 0s;
 `
 
-const StyledTooltip = styled.div`
+const StyledTooltip = styled.span`
   /* Overriding the default popover styles */
   display: none;
   &[popover] {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/TextInput.test.tsx.snap b/packages/react/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/TextInput.test.tsx.snap
index eac498de8a1..1f42c1e6019 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/TextInput.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/TextInput.test.tsx.snap
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ exports[`TextInput renders trailingAction icon button 1`] = `
         />
       </svg>
     </button>
-    <div
+    <span
       aria-hidden={true}
       className="c5"
       data-direction="s"
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ exports[`TextInput renders trailingAction icon button 1`] = `
       onMouseLeave={[Function]}
     >
       Icon label
-    </div>
+    </span>
   </span>
 </span>
 `;
@@ -3194,7 +3194,7 @@ exports[`TextInput renders trailingAction text button with a tooltip 1`] = `
         </span>
       </span>
     </button>
-    <div
+    <span
       className="c6"
       data-direction="s"
       id=":r0:"
@@ -3203,7 +3203,7 @@ exports[`TextInput renders trailingAction text button with a tooltip 1`] = `
       role="tooltip"
     >
       Clear input
-    </div>
+    </span>
   </span>
 </span>
 `;