diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index 19feebd911b456..402d78fc354d5d 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 -   `FontSizePicker`: Use Button API for keeping focus on reset ([#57221](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57221)).
 -   `FontSizePicker`: Fix Reset button focus loss ([#57196](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57196)).
 -   `PaletteEdit`: Consider digits when generating kebab-cased slug ([#56713](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/56713)).
+-   `FormTokenField`: Prevent focus being passed to internal buttons when component is disabled ([#57187](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57187)).
 -   `Button`: Fix logic of `has-text` class addition ([#56949](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/56949)).
 -   `FormTokenField`: Fix a regression where the suggestion list would re-open after clicking away from the input ([#57002](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57002)).
 -   `Snackbar`: Remove erroneous `__unstableHTML` prop from TypeScript definitions ([#57218](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/57218)).
diff --git a/packages/components/src/form-token-field/token.tsx b/packages/components/src/form-token-field/token.tsx
index e5633aa3b75cf0..745a6d485df9b8 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/form-token-field/token.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/form-token-field/token.tsx
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export default function Token( {
 				className="components-form-token-field__remove-token"
 				icon={ closeSmall }
 				onClick={ ! disabled ? onClick : undefined }
+				disabled={ disabled }
 				label={ messages.remove }
 				aria-describedby={ `components-form-token-field__token-text-${ instanceId }` }
 			/>