diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/DefinitionTooltip.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/DefinitionTooltip.tsx
index 18568dcdd457..6a3dce8f7eb8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/DefinitionTooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/DefinitionTooltip.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ const DefinitionTooltip: React.FC<DefinitionTooltipProps> = ({
       onMouseEnter={() => {
         openOnHover ? setOpen(true) : null;
       }}
+      onFocus={() => {
+        openOnHover ? setOpen(true) : null;
+      }}
       open={isOpen}>
       <button
         {...rest}
@@ -113,9 +116,6 @@ const DefinitionTooltip: React.FC<DefinitionTooltipProps> = ({
         onBlur={() => {
           setOpen(false);
         }}
-        onClick={() => {
-          setOpen(!isOpen);
-        }}
         onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
         type="button">
         {children}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.stories.js b/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.stories.js
index e9d6340b70b8..46e2f77fe702 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.stories.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.stories.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const Playground = PlaygroundStory.bind({});
 Playground.args = {
   align: 'bottom',
   closeOnActivation: false,
-  defaultOpen: true,
+  defaultOpen: false,
   label: 'Custom label',
 };