diff --git a/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx b/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
index 3f3b8641..396f574c 100644
--- a/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -477,13 +477,21 @@ const Tooltip = ({
     const enabledEvents: { event: string; listener: (event?: Event) => void }[] = []
 
     const handleClickOpenTooltipAnchor = (event?: Event) => {
-      if (show) {
+      if (show && event?.target === activeAnchor) {
+        /**
+         * ignore clicking the anchor that was used to open the tooltip.
+         * this avoids conflict with the click close event.
+         */
         return
       }
       handleShowTooltip(event)
     }
-    const handleClickCloseTooltipAnchor = () => {
-      if (!show) {
+    const handleClickCloseTooltipAnchor = (event?: Event) => {
+      if (!show || event?.target !== activeAnchor) {
+        /**
+         * ignore clicking the anchor that was NOT used to open the tooltip.
+         * this avoids closing the tooltip when clicking on a new anchor with the tooltip already open.
+         */
         return
       }
       handleHideTooltip()