diff --git a/lib/components/Button/ButtonIcon.vue b/lib/components/Button/ButtonIcon.vue
index c5468225..d0cc4f50 100644
--- a/lib/components/Button/ButtonIcon.vue
+++ b/lib/components/Button/ButtonIcon.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
     NOTE: `@mousenter` is a typo for `@mouseenter`, so the hover-in state never
     fires and `currentHover` only ever resets on mouse leave. Preserved as-is;
     fixing it changes rendered behavior and belongs in a separate change.
+
+    `@mousedown.prevent`: BTooltip's default triggers are hover + focus. A
+    native <button> keeps focus after a mouse click, so its tooltip stays
+    stuck open until something else steals focus. preventDefault on mousedown
+    stops a mouse click from focusing the button at all - click still fires
+    normally (only focus is denied, never the click itself) - while keyboard
+    activation (Tab, then Enter/Space) still focuses it exactly as before,
+    since that goes through focus(), not mousedown. Keyboard users keep the
+    tooltip-on-focus behavior; mouse clicks no longer leave it hanging around.
   -->
   <b-button
     v-bind="buttonProps"
@@ -14,6 +23,7 @@
     :aria-label="tooltipText"
     @mousenter="currentHover = true"
     @mouseleave="currentHover = false"
+    @mousedown.prevent
   >
     <slot name="start" />
     <app-icon
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/Button/ButtonIcon.spec.ts b/tests/unit/components/Button/ButtonIcon.spec.ts
index 3c43bba1..8fb8fd02 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/Button/ButtonIcon.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/components/Button/ButtonIcon.spec.ts
@@ -31,4 +31,13 @@ describe('ButtonIcon.vue', () => {
     expect(button.attributes('aria-pressed')).toBe('true')
     expect(button.classes()).toContain('active')
   })
+
+  it('prevents the default mousedown action, so a mouse click never leaves the button focused (and its hover/focus tooltip stuck open)', () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(ButtonIcon, { props: { label: 'Action' } })
+    const event = new MouseEvent('mousedown', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true })
+
+    wrapper.get('button').element.dispatchEvent(event)
+
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true)
+  })
 })