diff --git a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
index 33016a52039a..b068a2f41ccc 100644
--- a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
@@ -6182,7 +6182,7 @@ Map {
       },
       "children": Object {
         "isRequired": true,
-        "type": "string",
+        "type": "node",
       },
       "className": Object {
         "type": "string",
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/TooltipDefinition/TooltipDefinition.js b/packages/react/src/components/TooltipDefinition/TooltipDefinition.js
index 0248a9363be5..14478ac24a9e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/TooltipDefinition/TooltipDefinition.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/TooltipDefinition/TooltipDefinition.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ TooltipDefinition.propTypes = {
    * Specify the tooltip trigger text that is rendered to the UI for the user to
    * interact with in order to display the tooltip.
    */
-  children: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  children: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
 
   /**
    * Specify an optional className to be applied to the container node