diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-candles-deny.md b/.changeset/lemon-candles-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afb5158ad1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-candles-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": patch
+---
+
+ActionList: Enable focusZone for roles listbox and menu
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionList.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionList.test.tsx
index 06a35990b2c..8524b35dd91 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionList.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionList.test.tsx
@@ -205,23 +205,22 @@ describe('ActionList', () => {
   it('should focus the button around the leading visual when tabbing to an inactive item', async () => {
     const component = HTMLRender(<SingleSelectListStory />)
     const inactiveOptionButton = await waitFor(() => component.getByRole('button', {name: projects[3].inactiveText}))
-    const inactiveIndex = projects.findIndex(project => project.inactiveText === projects[3].inactiveText)
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < inactiveIndex; i++) {
-      await userEvent.tab()
-    }
 
+    await userEvent.tab() // get focus on first element
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
     expect(inactiveOptionButton).toHaveFocus()
   })
 
   it('should behave as inactive if both inactiveText and loading props are passed', async () => {
     const component = HTMLRender(<SingleSelectListStory />)
     const inactiveOptionButton = await waitFor(() => component.getByRole('button', {name: projects[5].inactiveText}))
-    const inactiveIndex = projects.findIndex(project => project.inactiveText === projects[5].inactiveText)
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < inactiveIndex; i++) {
-      await userEvent.tab()
-    }
+    await userEvent.tab() // get focus on first element
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
 
     expect(inactiveOptionButton).toHaveFocus()
   })
@@ -590,4 +589,36 @@ describe('ActionList', () => {
 
     expect(mockOnSelect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
+
+  it('should be navigatable with arrow keys for certain roles', async () => {
+    HTMLRender(
+      <ActionList role="listbox" aria-label="Select a project">
+        <ActionList.Item role="option">Option 1</ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionList.Item role="option">Option 2</ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionList.Item role="option" disabled>
+          Option 3
+        </ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionList.Item role="option">Option 4</ActionList.Item>
+        <ActionList.Item role="option" inactiveText="Unavailable due to an outage">
+          Option 5
+        </ActionList.Item>
+      </ActionList>,
+    )
+
+    await userEvent.tab() // tab into the story, this should focus on the first button
+    expect(document.activeElement).toHaveTextContent('Option 1')
+
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    expect(document.activeElement).toHaveTextContent('Option 2')
+
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    expect(document.activeElement).not.toHaveTextContent('Option 3') // option 3 is disabled
+    expect(document.activeElement).toHaveTextContent('Option 4')
+
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    expect(document.activeElement).toHaveAccessibleName('Unavailable due to an outage')
+
+    await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowUp}')
+    expect(document.activeElement).toHaveTextContent('Option 4')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ActionList/List.tsx b/packages/react/src/ActionList/List.tsx
index c6dc26d415a..7786f392682 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ActionList/List.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ActionList/List.tsx
@@ -33,19 +33,25 @@ export const List = React.forwardRef<HTMLUListElement, ActionListProps>(
 
     /** if list is inside a Menu, it will get a role from the Menu */
     const {
-      listRole,
+      listRole: listRoleFromContainer,
       listLabelledBy,
       selectionVariant: containerSelectionVariant, // TODO: Remove after DropdownMenu2 deprecation
-      enableFocusZone,
+      enableFocusZone: enableFocusZoneFromContainer,
     } = React.useContext(ActionListContainerContext)
 
     const ariaLabelledBy = slots.heading ? slots.heading.props.id ?? headingId : listLabelledBy
-
+    const listRole = role || listRoleFromContainer
     const listRef = useProvidedRefOrCreate(forwardedRef as React.RefObject<HTMLUListElement>)
+
+    let enableFocusZone = false
+    if (enableFocusZoneFromContainer !== undefined) enableFocusZone = enableFocusZoneFromContainer
+    else if (listRole) enableFocusZone = ['menu', 'menubar', 'listbox'].includes(listRole)
+
     useFocusZone({
       disabled: !enableFocusZone,
       containerRef: listRef,
       bindKeys: FocusKeys.ArrowVertical | FocusKeys.HomeAndEnd | FocusKeys.PageUpDown,
+      focusOutBehavior: listRole === 'menu' ? 'wrap' : undefined,
     })
 
     return (
@@ -54,14 +60,14 @@ export const List = React.forwardRef<HTMLUListElement, ActionListProps>(
           variant,
           selectionVariant: selectionVariant || containerSelectionVariant,
           showDividers,
-          role: role || listRole,
+          role: listRole,
           headingId,
         }}
       >
         {slots.heading}
         <ListBox
           sx={merge(styles, sxProp as SxProp)}
-          role={role || listRole}
+          role={listRole}
           aria-labelledby={ariaLabelledBy}
           {...props}
           ref={listRef}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ActionMenu/ActionMenu.tsx b/packages/react/src/ActionMenu/ActionMenu.tsx
index 619272c40b1..a410257614b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ActionMenu/ActionMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ActionMenu/ActionMenu.tsx
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ const Overlay: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<MenuOverlayProps>> = ({
             listLabelledBy: ariaLabelledby || anchorAriaLabelledby || anchorId,
             selectionAttribute: 'aria-checked', // Should this be here?
             afterSelect: () => onClose?.('item-select'),
+            enableFocusZone: false, // AnchoredOverlay takes care of focus zone
           }}
         >
           {children}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx
index 91533a83b3a..c3054754512 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx
@@ -334,6 +334,29 @@ describe('ActionMenu', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('should wrap focus when ArrowDown is pressed on the last element', async () => {
+    const component = HTMLRender(<Example />)
+    const button = component.getByRole('button')
+
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+    await user.click(button)
+
+    expect(component.queryByRole('menu')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    const menuItems = component.getAllByRole('menuitem')
+
+    await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    expect(menuItems[0]).toEqual(document.activeElement)
+
+    await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    expect(menuItems[menuItems.length - 1]).toEqual(document.activeElement) // last elememt
+
+    await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}')
+    expect(menuItems[0]).toEqual(document.activeElement) // wrap to first
+  })
+
   it('should have no axe violations', async () => {
     const {container} = HTMLRender(<Example />)
     const results = await axe.run(container)