diff --git a/.changeset/menuitem-hover-focus-ring.md b/.changeset/menuitem-hover-focus-ring.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9483cf1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/menuitem-hover-focus-ring.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@fluentui-react-native/menu': patch
+---
+
+Fix `MenuItem` showing a focus ring when focus moves to it from mouse hover on win32. The hover-initiated focus is now tracked with a ref instead of stale pressable state.
diff --git a/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.test.win32.tsx b/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.test.win32.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fcc84cfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.test.win32.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { act } from 'react';
+import * as renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
+
+import type { MenuItemInfo } from './MenuItem.types';
+import { useMenuItem } from './useMenuItem';
+
+describe('useMenuItem focus ring (win32)', () => {
+  let info: MenuItemInfo;
+  const Probe = () => {
+    info = useMenuItem({ componentRef: React.useRef({ focus: jest.fn(), blur: jest.fn() } as any) });
+    return null;
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    act(() => {
+      renderer.create(<Probe />);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the focus ring hidden when hover moves focus before React re-renders', () => {
+    // Simulate the native focus event firing with the handlers from the same render as onHoverIn.
+    const { onHoverIn, onFocus } = info.props;
+    act(() => {
+      onHoverIn({} as any);
+      onFocus({} as any);
+    });
+    expect(info.props.enableFocusRing).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('shows the focus ring for a keyboard focus after a hover focus', () => {
+    act(() => {
+      info.props.onHoverIn({} as any);
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      info.props.onFocus({} as any);
+    });
+    expect(info.props.enableFocusRing).toBe(false);
+
+    act(() => {
+      info.props.onBlur({} as any);
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      info.props.onHoverOut({} as any);
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      info.props.onFocus({} as any);
+    });
+    expect(info.props.enableFocusRing).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.ts b/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.ts
index 7364567e47..20d3f6f9d9 100644
--- a/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.ts
+++ b/packages/components/Menu/src/MenuItem/useMenuItem.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,16 @@ export const useMenuItem = (props: MenuItemProps): MenuItemInfo => {
   useHoverFocusEffect(pressable.state.hovered, componentRef);
 
   const [enableFocusRing, setEnableFocusRing] = React.useState(!pressable.state.hovered);
+  // Tracked in a ref rather than state: the focus caused by hovering can fire before React re-renders, so state read in
+  // onFocus would still be the pre-hover value.
+  const isHoverFocus = React.useRef(false);
 
   const onHoverIn = React.useCallback(
     (e) => {
       pressable.props.onHoverIn(e);
       // when it's a hover focus, set enableFocusRing explicitly to false
       if (!pressable.state.focused) {
+        isHoverFocus.current = true;
         setEnableFocusRing(false);
       }
     },
@@ -84,7 +88,9 @@ export const useMenuItem = (props: MenuItemProps): MenuItemInfo => {
     (e) => {
       pressable.props.onFocus(e);
       // when it's not a hover focus, set enableFocusRing explicitly to true
-      if (!pressable.state.focused) {
+      if (isHoverFocus.current) {
+        isHoverFocus.current = false;
+      } else {
         setEnableFocusRing(true);
       }
     },