diff --git a/.changeset/stale-colts-pretend.md b/.changeset/stale-colts-pretend.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36d27da67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-colts-pretend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@ensembleui/react-runtime": patch
+---
+
+Prevent propagation of popupmenu items
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/widgets/PopupMenu.tsx b/packages/runtime/src/widgets/PopupMenu.tsx
index cd7561639..a69b42a34 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/widgets/PopupMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/widgets/PopupMenu.tsx
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ export const PopupMenu: React.FC<PopupMenuProps> = ({
   }, [namedData, values?.items]);
 
   const handleMenuItemClick = useCallback<NonNullable<MenuProps["onClick"]>>(
-    ({ key }) => {
+    ({ key, domEvent }) => {
+      domEvent.stopPropagation();
       const mapKey = join(tail(key.split("_")), "_");
       const item = itemsMap.get(mapKey);
       action?.callback({ value: item });