diff --git a/src/event/behavior/keydown.ts b/src/event/behavior/keydown.ts
index e0d5b9be..6008399c 100644
--- a/src/event/behavior/keydown.ts
+++ b/src/event/behavior/keydown.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const keydownBehavior: {
   Tab: (event, target, instance) => {
     return () => {
       const dest = getTabDestination(
-        target,
+        document.activeElement ?? target,
         instance.system.keyboard.modifiers.Shift,
       )
       focusElement(dest)
diff --git a/tests/event/behavior/keydown.ts b/tests/event/behavior/keydown.ts
index da6f10dc..7f1d39a3 100644
--- a/tests/event/behavior/keydown.ts
+++ b/tests/event/behavior/keydown.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,51 @@ cases(
   },
 )
 
+cases(
+  'tab from a target moved during the keyboard event',
+  ({focus, shiftKey = false, expectedFocus, expectedSelection}) => {
+    const {xpathNode} = render(
+      `<input value="abc"/><button>1</button><input type="number" value="1e23"/><button>2</button>`,
+      {
+        focus,
+      },
+    )
+
+    const instance = setupInstance()
+    instance.system.keyboard.modifiers.Shift = shiftKey
+
+    document.activeElement?.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+      xpathNode('button[1]').focus()
+    })
+    instance.dispatchUIEvent(document.activeElement as Element, 'keydown', {
+      key: 'Tab',
+    })
+    expect(xpathNode(expectedFocus)).toHaveFocus()
+    if (expectedSelection) {
+      expect(getUISelection(xpathNode(expectedFocus))).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining(expectedSelection),
+      )
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    'tab to input2': {
+      focus: '//body',
+      expectedFocus: 'input[2]',
+      expectedSelection: {startOffset: 0, endOffset: 4},
+    },
+    'tab to number input': {
+      focus: 'input[1]',
+      expectedFocus: 'input[2]',
+      expectedSelection: {startOffset: 0, endOffset: 4},
+    },
+    'tab backward to input1': {
+      focus: 'input[2]',
+      shiftKey: true,
+      expectedFocus: 'input[1]',
+    },
+  },
+)
+
 cases(
   'walk through radio group per arrow keys',
   ({focus, key, expectedTarget}) => {