diff --git a/packages/@headlessui-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/@headlessui-react/CHANGELOG.md
index eaed7a3a4a..952035f4e6 100644
--- a/packages/@headlessui-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/@headlessui-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-- Nothing yet!
+### Fixed
+
+- [internal] Don’t set a focus fallback for Dialog’s in demo mode ([#3194](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/headlessui/pull/3194))
 
 ## [2.0.3] - 2024-05-07
 
diff --git a/packages/@headlessui-react/src/components/dialog/dialog.tsx b/packages/@headlessui-react/src/components/dialog/dialog.tsx
index fd2f5f0f36..958fab3748 100644
--- a/packages/@headlessui-react/src/components/dialog/dialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/@headlessui-react/src/components/dialog/dialog.tsx
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ function DialogFn<TTag extends ElementType = typeof DEFAULT_DIALOG_TAG>(
                   <PortalWrapper>
                     <FocusTrap
                       initialFocus={initialFocus}
-                      initialFocusFallback={internalDialogRef}
+                      initialFocusFallback={__demoMode ? undefined : internalDialogRef}
                       containers={resolveRootContainers}
                       features={focusTrapFeatures}
                     >