diff --git a/.changeset/tooltip-disabled-trigger-tab-order.md b/.changeset/tooltip-disabled-trigger-tab-order.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6deefbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tooltip-disabled-trigger-tab-order.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cloudflare/kumo": patch
+---
+
+`Tooltip` now keeps its own trigger out of the tab order while the tooltip is `disabled`. This applies only when Kumo renders the trigger (no `render` or `asChild`), for example around truncated `Text` that needs a tooltip only when it overflows. A disabled tooltip there has nothing to reveal, so keyboard users no longer stop on it. Custom triggers passed through `render` keep their own focus behavior.
diff --git a/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.test.tsx b/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.test.tsx
index 80f6783de..26a1a5822 100644
--- a/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { Text } from "../text/text";
 import { Tooltip } from "./tooltip";
@@ -20,4 +21,75 @@ describe("Tooltip", () => {
     expect(trigger).not.toBeNull();
     expect(trigger?.className).not.toMatch(/\bleading-/);
   });
+
+  describe("trigger tab order", () => {
+    function renderBetweenButtons(tooltip: React.ReactNode) {
+      render(
+        <>
+          <button type="button">Before</button>
+          {tooltip}
+          <button type="button">After</button>
+        </>,
+      );
+    }
+
+    it("keeps Kumo's trigger out of the tab order when disabled", async () => {
+      renderBetweenButtons(
+        <Tooltip content="FULL_VARIABLE_NAME" disabled>
+          <Text truncate>FULL_VARIABLE_NAME</Text>
+        </Tooltip>,
+      );
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Before" }));
+      await user.tab();
+
+      expect(
+        screen
+          .getByRole("button", { name: "FULL_VARIABLE_NAME" })
+          .getAttribute("tabindex"),
+      ).toBe("-1");
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(
+        screen.getByRole("button", { name: "After" }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("keeps Kumo's trigger focusable when enabled", async () => {
+      renderBetweenButtons(
+        <Tooltip content="FULL_VARIABLE_NAME">
+          <Text truncate>FULL_VARIABLE_NAME</Text>
+        </Tooltip>,
+      );
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Before" }));
+      await user.tab();
+
+      const trigger = screen.getByRole("button", {
+        name: "FULL_VARIABLE_NAME",
+      });
+      expect(trigger.hasAttribute("tabindex")).toBe(false);
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(trigger);
+    });
+
+    it("leaves a custom trigger's focus behavior alone when disabled", async () => {
+      renderBetweenButtons(
+        <Tooltip
+          content="Save changes"
+          disabled
+          render={<button type="button" />}
+        >
+          Save
+        </Tooltip>,
+      );
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+      await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Before" }));
+      await user.tab();
+
+      const trigger = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" });
+      expect(trigger.hasAttribute("tabindex")).toBe(false);
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(trigger);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.tsx b/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.tsx
index 456ddb7c6..0eb5485c2 100644
--- a/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/kumo/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.tsx
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ export function Tooltip({
     render ?? (asChild ? (children as TriggerProps["render"]) : undefined);
   const shouldUseRender = resolvedRender !== undefined;
 
+  // A disabled tooltip has nothing to reveal, so keep Kumo's own trigger
+  // (usually plain text) out of the tab order. Custom triggers keep theirs.
+  const triggerTabIndex = !shouldUseRender && props.disabled ? -1 : undefined;
+
   return (
     <TooltipBase.Root {...props}>
       <TooltipBase.Trigger
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ export function Tooltip({
           className,
         )}
         render={resolvedRender}
+        tabIndex={triggerTabIndex}
       >
         {asChild ? undefined : (children as ReactNode)}
       </TooltipBase.Trigger>