diff --git a/.yarn/versions/e97b6ff3.yml b/.yarn/versions/e97b6ff3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..634858d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/e97b6ff3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+releases:
+  "@radix-ui/react-navigation-menu": patch
+
+declined:
+  - primitives
diff --git a/packages/react/navigation-menu/src/NavigationMenu.tsx b/packages/react/navigation-menu/src/NavigationMenu.tsx
index cc8550f9f..8ebc0cdd8 100644
--- a/packages/react/navigation-menu/src/NavigationMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/navigation-menu/src/NavigationMenu.tsx
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ interface NavigationMenuContentImplPrivateProps {
   onRootContentClose(): void;
 }
 interface NavigationMenuContentImplProps
-  extends Omit<DismissableLayerProps, 'onDismiss'>,
+  extends Omit<DismissableLayerProps, 'onDismiss' | 'disableOutsidePointerEvents'>,
     NavigationMenuContentImplPrivateProps {}
 
 const NavigationMenuContentImpl = React.forwardRef<
@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ const NavigationMenuContentImpl = React.forwardRef<
         data-orientation={context.orientation}
         {...contentProps}
         ref={composedRefs}
+        disableOutsidePointerEvents={false}
         onDismiss={() => {
           const rootContentDismissEvent = new Event(ROOT_CONTENT_DISMISS, {
             bubbles: true,