diff --git a/.changeset/great-feet-lay.md b/.changeset/great-feet-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a76e81d991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/great-feet-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nextui-org/tooltip": patch
+---
+
+fix "Accessing element.ref was removed in React 19" issue (#4526)
diff --git a/packages/components/tooltip/src/tooltip.tsx b/packages/components/tooltip/src/tooltip.tsx
index e014eb8944..feda666bca 100644
--- a/packages/components/tooltip/src/tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/tooltip/src/tooltip.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ const Tooltip = forwardRef<"div", TooltipProps>((props, ref) => {
         ref?: React.Ref<any>;
       };
 
-      trigger = cloneElement(child, getTriggerProps(child.props, child.ref));
+      // Accessing the ref from props, else fallback to element.ref
+      // https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/28348
+      const childRef = child.props.ref ?? (child as any).ref;
+
+      trigger = cloneElement(child, getTriggerProps(child.props, childRef));
     }
   } catch (error) {
     trigger = <span />;