diff --git a/cypress/e2e/webComponents.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/webComponents.cy.ts
index a07fb7ee..79a35b65 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/webComponents.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/webComponents.cy.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ describe('Web Components', () => {
     const handlers = {
       show: event => {
         expect(event.detail.target.tagName).to.eq('MY-DIALOG')
-        expect(event.detail.composedPath()[0].tagName).to.eq('FANCY-BUTTON')
+        expect(event.detail.composedPath()[0].tagName).to.eq('SLOT')
       },
       hide: event => {
         expect(event.detail.target.tagName).to.eq('MY-DIALOG')
-        expect(event.detail.composedPath()[0].tagName).to.eq('FANCY-BUTTON')
+        expect(event.detail.composedPath()[0].tagName).to.eq('SLOT')
       },
     }
 
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ describe('Web Components', () => {
     cy.spy(handlers, 'hide').as('hide')
     cy.window().its('instance').invoke('on', 'show', handlers.show)
     cy.window().its('instance').invoke('on', 'hide', handlers.hide)
-    cy.get('my-dialog').shadow().find('fancy-button').first().click()
+    cy.get('my-dialog').shadow().find('fancy-button').first().realClick()
     cy.get('@show').should('have.been.called')
     cy.get('my-dialog').then(shouldBeVisible)
-    cy.get('my-dialog').shadow().find('fancy-button').last().click()
+    cy.get('my-dialog').shadow().find('fancy-button').last().realClick()
     cy.get('@hide').should('have.been.called')
     cy.get('my-dialog').then(shouldBeHidden)
     cy.window().its('instance').invoke('off', 'show', handlers.show)
diff --git a/src/a11y-dialog.ts b/src/a11y-dialog.ts
index 31c570a2..b45f8c11 100644
--- a/src/a11y-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/a11y-dialog.ts
@@ -192,20 +192,19 @@ export default class A11yDialog {
     // target
     // See: https://github.com/KittyGiraudel/a11y-dialog/issues/582
     const target = event.composedPath()[0] as HTMLElement
-
-    // We use `.closest(..)` and not `.matches(..)` here so that clicking
-    // an element nested within a dialog opener does cause the dialog to open
-    if (target.closest(`[${SCOPE}-show="${this.id}"]`)) {
-      this.show(event)
-    }
-
-    if (
-      target.closest(`[${SCOPE}-hide="${this.id}"]`) ||
-      (target.closest(`[${SCOPE}-hide]`) &&
-        target.closest('[aria-modal="true"]') === this.$el)
-    ) {
-      this.hide(event)
-    }
+    const opener = closest(`[${SCOPE}-show="${this.id}"]`, target)
+    const explicitCloser = closest(`[${SCOPE}-hide="${this.id}"]`, target)
+    const implicitCloser =
+      closest(`[${SCOPE}-hide]`, target) &&
+      closest('[aria-modal="true"]', target) === this.$el
+
+    // We use `closest(..)` (instead of `matches(..)`) so that clicking an
+    // element nested within a dialog opener does cause the dialog to open, and
+    // we use our custom `closest(..)` function so that it can cross shadow
+    // boundaries
+    // See: https://github.com/KittyGiraudel/a11y-dialog/issues/712
+    if (opener) this.show(event)
+    if (explicitCloser || implicitCloser) this.hide(event)
   }
 
   /**