diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a245d85ebf849..a21e0f23334e1a 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 -   `PaletteEdit` and `CircularOptionPicker`: improve unit tests ([#57809](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57809)).
 -   `Tooltip`: no-op when nested inside other `Tooltip` components ([#57202](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57202)).
 
-### Bug Fixes
+### Bug Fix
 
 -   `ToggleGroupControl`: Improve controlled value detection ([#57770](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57770)).
+-   `Tooltip`: Improve props forwarding to children of nested `Tooltip` components ([#57878](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57878)).
 
 ### Experimental
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/tooltip/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/tooltip/index.tsx
index 1e652d9a42dbb4..f71182b85edb2c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/tooltip/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/tooltip/index.tsx
@@ -8,34 +8,39 @@ import * as Ariakit from '@ariakit/react';
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { useInstanceId } from '@wordpress/compose';
-import { Children, cloneElement } from '@wordpress/element';
+import {
+	Children,
+	useContext,
+	createContext,
+	forwardRef,
+} from '@wordpress/element';
 import deprecated from '@wordpress/deprecated';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import type { TooltipProps, TooltipInternalContext } from './types';
+import type {
+	TooltipProps,
+	TooltipInternalContext as TooltipInternalContextType,
+} from './types';
 import Shortcut from '../shortcut';
 import { positionToPlacement } from '../popover/utils';
-import {
-	contextConnect,
-	useContextSystem,
-	ContextSystemProvider,
-} from '../context';
 import type { WordPressComponentProps } from '../context';
 
+const TooltipInternalContext = createContext< TooltipInternalContextType >( {
+	isNestedInTooltip: false,
+} );
+
 /**
  * Time over anchor to wait before showing tooltip
  */
 export const TOOLTIP_DELAY = 700;
 
 const CONTEXT_VALUE = {
-	Tooltip: {
-		isNestedInTooltip: true,
-	},
+	isNestedInTooltip: true,
 };
 
-function UnconnectedTooltip(
+function UnforwardedTooltip(
 	props: WordPressComponentProps< TooltipProps, 'div', false >,
 	ref: React.ForwardedRef< any >
 ) {
@@ -48,14 +53,10 @@ function UnconnectedTooltip(
 		shortcut,
 		text,
 
-		// From Internal Context system
-		isNestedInTooltip,
-
 		...restProps
-	} = useContextSystem< typeof props & TooltipInternalContext >(
-		props,
-		'Tooltip'
-	);
+	} = props;
+
+	const { isNestedInTooltip } = useContext( TooltipInternalContext );
 
 	const baseId = useInstanceId( Tooltip, 'tooltip' );
 	const describedById = text || shortcut ? baseId : undefined;
@@ -96,16 +97,15 @@ function UnconnectedTooltip(
 	} );
 
 	if ( isNestedInTooltip ) {
-		return isOnlyChild
-			? cloneElement( children, {
-					...restProps,
-					ref,
-			  } )
-			: children;
+		return isOnlyChild ? (
+			<Ariakit.Role { ...restProps } render={ children } />
+		) : (
+			children
+		);
 	}
 
 	return (
-		<ContextSystemProvider value={ CONTEXT_VALUE }>
+		<TooltipInternalContext.Provider value={ CONTEXT_VALUE }>
 			<Ariakit.TooltipAnchor
 				onClick={ hideOnClick ? tooltipStore.hide : undefined }
 				store={ tooltipStore }
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ function UnconnectedTooltip(
 			{ isOnlyChild && ( text || shortcut ) && (
 				<Ariakit.Tooltip
 					{ ...restProps }
+					className="components-tooltip"
 					unmountOnHide
 					gutter={ 4 }
 					id={ describedById }
@@ -134,10 +135,10 @@ function UnconnectedTooltip(
 					) }
 				</Ariakit.Tooltip>
 			) }
-		</ContextSystemProvider>
+		</TooltipInternalContext.Provider>
 	);
 }
 
-export const Tooltip = contextConnect( UnconnectedTooltip, 'Tooltip' );
+export const Tooltip = forwardRef( UnforwardedTooltip );
 
 export default Tooltip;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/tooltip/test/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/tooltip/test/index.tsx
index ed6f7b5f7b4a14..40038bbc5e25ad 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/tooltip/test/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/tooltip/test/index.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ describe( 'Tooltip', () => {
 				screen.queryByRole( 'button', { description: 'tooltip text' } )
 			).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 		} );
+
+		it( 'should not leak Tooltip props to the tooltip anchor', () => {
+			render(
+				<Tooltip data-foo>
+					<button>Anchor</button>
+				</Tooltip>
+			);
+			expect(
+				screen.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Anchor' } )
+			).not.toHaveAttribute( 'data-foo' );
+		} );
 	} );
 
 	describe( 'keyboard focus', () => {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/tooltip/types.ts b/packages/components/src/tooltip/types.ts
index 3d28a1a0e96c67..11268683bc2ced 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/tooltip/types.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/tooltip/types.ts
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ export type TooltipProps = {
 };
 
 export type TooltipInternalContext = {
-	isNestedInTooltip?: boolean;
+	isNestedInTooltip: boolean;
 };