diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/tooltip/_tooltip.scss b/packages/components/src/components/tooltip/_tooltip.scss
index 48a631f6e295..a37f0c6f0e61 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/tooltip/_tooltip.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/tooltip/_tooltip.scss
@@ -499,7 +499,13 @@
   .#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger.#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger--definition {
     @include type-style('label-01');
 
-    border-bottom: rem(1px) dotted $interactive-01;
+    border-bottom: rem(1px) dotted $text-02;
+    transition: border-color $duration--fast-02;
+  }
+
+  .#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger.#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger--definition:hover,
+  .#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger.#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger--definition:focus {
+    border-bottom-color: $interactive-01;
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger.#{$prefix}--tooltip__trigger--definition.#{$prefix}--tooltip--top {