diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSubmenuTrigger.ts b/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSubmenuTrigger.ts
index 4d9c5684305..590ce43a213 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSubmenuTrigger.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSubmenuTrigger.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {AriaMenuItemProps} from './useMenuItem';
 import {AriaMenuOptions} from './useMenu';
 import type {AriaPopoverProps, OverlayProps} from '@react-aria/overlays';
 import {FocusableElement, FocusStrategy, KeyboardEvent, Node, PressEvent, RefObject} from '@react-types/shared';
-import {focusWithoutScrolling, useEffectEvent, useId, useLayoutEffect} from '@react-aria/utils';
+import {focusWithoutScrolling, useEffectEvent, useEvent, useId, useLayoutEffect} from '@react-aria/utils';
 import type {SubmenuTriggerState} from '@react-stately/menu';
 import {useCallback, useRef} from 'react';
 import {useLocale} from '@react-aria/i18n';
@@ -223,11 +223,13 @@ export function useSubmenuTrigger<T>(props: AriaSubmenuTriggerProps, state: Subm
     }
   };
 
-  let onBlur = (e) => {
-    if (state.isOpen && (parentMenuRef.current?.contains(e.relatedTarget))) {
+  useEvent(parentMenuRef, 'focusin', (e) => {
+    // If we detect focus moved to a different item in the same menu that the currently open submenu trigger is in
+    // then close the submenu. This is for a case where the user hovers a root menu item when multiple submenus are open
+    if (state.isOpen && (parentMenuRef.current?.contains(e.target as HTMLElement) && e.target !== ref.current)) {
       onSubmenuClose();
     }
-  };
+  });
 
   let shouldCloseOnInteractOutside = (target) => {
     if (target !== ref.current) {
@@ -249,7 +251,6 @@ export function useSubmenuTrigger<T>(props: AriaSubmenuTriggerProps, state: Subm
       onPress,
       onHoverChange,
       onKeyDown: submenuTriggerKeyDown,
-      onBlur,
       isOpen: state.isOpen
     },
     submenuProps,
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/src/Menu.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/src/Menu.tsx
index cda7ba63bd1..d180bb19d51 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/src/Menu.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/src/Menu.tsx
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ export const SubmenuTrigger =  /*#__PURE__*/ createBranchComponent('submenutrigg
     <Provider
       values={[
         [MenuItemContext, {...submenuTriggerProps, onAction: undefined, ref: itemRef}],
-        [MenuContext, submenuProps],
+        [MenuContext, {
+          ref: submenuRef,
+          ...submenuProps
+        }],
         [OverlayTriggerStateContext, submenuTriggerState],
         [PopoverContext, {
-          ref: submenuRef,
           trigger: 'SubmenuTrigger',
           triggerRef: itemRef,
           placement: 'end top',
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/src/Popover.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/src/Popover.tsx
index 4a4573e0f25..9e32e86b284 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/src/Popover.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/src/Popover.tsx
@@ -190,11 +190,12 @@ function PopoverInner({state, isExiting, UNSTABLE_portalContainer, clearContexts
   }, [ref, shouldBeDialog]);
 
   // Focus the popover itself on mount, unless a child element is already focused.
+  // Skip this for submenus since hovering a submenutrigger should keep focus on the trigger
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (isDialog && ref.current && !ref.current.contains(document.activeElement)) {
+    if (isDialog && props.trigger !== 'SubmenuTrigger' && ref.current && !ref.current.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       focusSafely(ref.current);
     }
-  }, [isDialog, ref]);
+  }, [isDialog, ref, props.trigger]);
 
   let children = useMemo(() => {
     let children = renderProps.children;
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/test/AriaMenu.test-util.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/test/AriaMenu.test-util.tsx
index d3b70bc9de9..087821d8941 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/test/AriaMenu.test-util.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/test/AriaMenu.test-util.tsx
@@ -693,6 +693,43 @@ export const AriaMenuTests = ({renderers, setup, prefix}: AriaMenuTestProps): vo
           expect(nestedSubmenu).not.toBeInTheDocument();
           expect(document.activeElement).toBe(nestedSubmenuTrigger);
         });
+
+        it('should close the submenu if another item in the same menu is focused', async () => {
+          let tree = (renderers.submenus!)();
+          let menuTester = testUtilUser.createTester('Menu', {user, root: tree.container});
+          await menuTester.open();
+          let menu = menuTester.menu;
+          let submenuTrigger = menuTester.submenuTriggers[0];
+          let submenuUtil = (await menuTester.openSubmenu({submenuTrigger}))!;
+          act(() => {jest.runAllTimers();});
+          let submenu = submenuUtil.menu;
+          expect(submenu).toBeInTheDocument();
+          let nestedSubmenuTrigger = submenuUtil.submenuTriggers[0];
+          let nestedSubmenuUtil = (await submenuUtil.openSubmenu({submenuTrigger: nestedSubmenuTrigger}))!;
+          act(() => {jest.runAllTimers();});
+          let nestedSubmenu = nestedSubmenuUtil.menu;
+          expect(submenu).toBeInTheDocument();
+          await user.hover(menuTester.options()[0]);
+          act(() => {jest.runAllTimers();});
+          expect(nestedSubmenu).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+          expect(submenu).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+          expect(menu).toBeInTheDocument();
+        });
+
+        it('should retain focus on the submenu trigger when hovering it', async () => {
+          let tree = (renderers.submenus!)();
+          let menuTester = testUtilUser.createTester('Menu', {user, root: tree.container});
+          await menuTester.open();
+          await user.hover(menuTester.submenuTriggers[0]);
+          act(() => {jest.runAllTimers();});
+          expect(menuTester.submenuTriggers[0]).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+          expect(document.activeElement).toBe(menuTester.submenuTriggers[0]);
+
+          // It should also allow the user to move focus into the submenu via ArrowRight
+          await user.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+          let submenu = tree.getAllByRole('menu')[1];
+          expect(document.activeElement).toBe(within(submenu).getAllByRole('menuitem')[0]);
+        });
       });
     }