diff --git a/utils/index.d.ts b/utils/index.d.ts
index cfac3b37ea..dd0bd0535e 100644
--- a/utils/index.d.ts
+++ b/utils/index.d.ts
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ export interface IGenericTreeItemOptions {
     iconPath?: TreeItemIconPath;
     commandId?: string;
     contextValue: string;
+    tooltip?: string;
 
     /**
      * If true, the tree item picker will execute `commandId`, refresh the tree, and re-prompt at the same level of the tree.
diff --git a/utils/package.json b/utils/package.json
index b7cf792db9..7eeb62f335 100644
--- a/utils/package.json
+++ b/utils/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils",
     "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
-    "version": "2.5.13",
+    "version": "2.5.14",
     "description": "Common UI tools for developing Azure extensions for VS Code",
     "tags": [
         "azure",
diff --git a/utils/src/tree/GenericTreeItem.ts b/utils/src/tree/GenericTreeItem.ts
index a350a82c6c..ff708b6997 100644
--- a/utils/src/tree/GenericTreeItem.ts
+++ b/utils/src/tree/GenericTreeItem.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export class GenericTreeItem extends AzExtTreeItem implements types.GenericTreeI
         this.commandId = options.commandId;
         this.iconPath = options.iconPath;
         this.description = options.description;
+        this.tooltip = options.tooltip;
         this._includeInTreeItemPicker = !!options.includeInTreeItemPicker;
     }