diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-phones-happen.md b/.changeset/breezy-phones-happen.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f90efa52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-phones-happen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@browserbasehq/stagehand": patch
+---
+
+allow act() to call hover()
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts
index 98d371119..7a8ffb9a3 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ const METHOD_HANDLER_MAP: Record<
   prevChunk: scrollToPreviousChunk,
   selectOptionFromDropdown: selectOption,
   selectOption: selectOption,
+  hover: hover,
 };
 
 export async function selectOption(ctx: UnderstudyMethodHandlerContext) {
@@ -492,6 +493,25 @@ async function scrollByElementHeight(
   }
 }
 
+export async function hover(ctx: UnderstudyMethodHandlerContext) {
+  const { locator, xpath } = ctx;
+  try {
+    await locator.hover();
+  } catch (e) {
+    v3Logger({
+      category: "action",
+      message: "error attempting to hover",
+      level: 0,
+      auxiliary: {
+        error: { value: e.message, type: "string" },
+        trace: { value: e.stack, type: "string" },
+        xpath: { value: xpath, type: "string" },
+      },
+    });
+    throw new UnderstudyCommandException(e.message);
+  }
+}
+
 /* ===================== Helpers ===================== */
 
 async function getFrameUrl(frame: Frame): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/types/private/handlers.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/types/private/handlers.ts
index 72cba746c..df58577d4 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/types/private/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/types/private/handlers.ts
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ export enum SupportedPlaywrightAction {
   NEXT_CHUNK = "nextChunk",
   PREV_CHUNK = "prevChunk",
   SELECT_OPTION_FROM_DROPDOWN = "selectOptionFromDropdown",
+  HOVER = "hover",
 }