diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/GestureHandlerWebDelegate.ts b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/GestureHandlerWebDelegate.ts
index 8e46b32c9b..6efe45ba36 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/GestureHandlerWebDelegate.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/GestureHandlerWebDelegate.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { MouseButton } from '../../handlers/gestureHandlerCommon';
 import KeyboardEventManager from './KeyboardEventManager';
 import WheelEventManager from './WheelEventManager';
 import { tagMessage } from '../../utils';
+import HoverGestureHandler from '../handlers/HoverGestureHandler';
 
 interface DefaultViewStyles {
   userSelect: string;
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ export class GestureHandlerWebDelegate
     this.setTouchAction();
     this.setContextMenu();
 
-    this.eventManagers.push(new PointerEventManager(this.view));
+    const shouldSendHoverEvents = handler instanceof HoverGestureHandler;
+
+    this.eventManagers.push(
+      new PointerEventManager(this.view, shouldSendHoverEvents)
+    );
     this.eventManagers.push(new KeyboardEventManager(this.view));
     this.eventManagers.push(new WheelEventManager(this.view));
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/PointerEventManager.ts b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/PointerEventManager.ts
index 685d39a27b..703e346f3b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/PointerEventManager.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/PointerEventManager.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,17 @@ const POINTER_CAPTURE_EXCLUDE_LIST = new Set<string>(['SELECT', 'INPUT']);
 export default class PointerEventManager extends EventManager<HTMLElement> {
   private trackedPointers = new Set<number>();
   private lastPosition: Point;
+  private shouldSendHoverEvents: boolean;
 
-  constructor(view: HTMLElement) {
+  constructor(view: HTMLElement, shouldSendHoverEvents: boolean) {
     super(view);
 
     this.lastPosition = {
       x: -Infinity,
       y: -Infinity,
     };
+
+    this.shouldSendHoverEvents = shouldSendHoverEvents;
   }
 
   private pointerDownCallback = (event: PointerEvent) => {
@@ -74,6 +77,10 @@ export default class PointerEventManager extends EventManager<HTMLElement> {
   };
 
   private pointerMoveCallback = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+    if (!this.shouldSendHoverEvents && this.activePointersCounter === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const adaptedEvent: AdaptedEvent = this.mapEvent(event, EventTypes.MOVE);
     const target = event.target as HTMLElement;