diff --git a/packages/main/cypress/specs/Icon.cy.tsx b/packages/main/cypress/specs/Icon.cy.tsx
index 1acf9e87530c..3256add32a05 100644
--- a/packages/main/cypress/specs/Icon.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/cypress/specs/Icon.cy.tsx
@@ -109,24 +109,28 @@ describe("Icon general interaction", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        // Mouse click fires both native click and ui5-click for interactive icons
         cy.get("@interactiveIcon").click();
         cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(0).should("have.prop", "value", "1");
-        cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(1).should("have.prop", "value", "0");
+        cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(1).should("have.prop", "value", "1");
 
+        // Enter key fires both native click and ui5-click for interactive icons
         cy.get("@interactiveIcon").realPress("Enter");
         cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(0).should("have.prop", "value", "2");
-        cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(1).should("have.prop", "value", "1");
+        cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(1).should("have.prop", "value", "2");
 
+        // Space key fires both native click and ui5-click for interactive icons
         cy.get("@interactiveIcon").realPress("Space");
         cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(0).should("have.prop", "value", "3");
-        cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(1).should("have.prop", "value", "2");
+        cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(1).should("have.prop", "value", "3");
 
+        // Non-interactive icon: mouse click fires native click but NOT ui5-click
         cy.get("@nonInteractiveIcon").click();
         cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(2).should("have.prop", "value", "1");
         cy.get("[ui5-input]").eq(3).should("have.prop", "value", "0");
 
         cy.get("@interactiveClickStub").should("have.been.calledThrice");
-        cy.get("@interactiveUI5ClickStub").should("have.been.calledTwice");
+        cy.get("@interactiveUI5ClickStub").should("have.been.calledThrice");
 
         cy.get("@nonInteractiveClickStub").should("have.been.calledOnce");
         cy.get("@nonInteractiveUI5ClickStub").should("not.have.been.called");
diff --git a/packages/main/src/Icon.ts b/packages/main/src/Icon.ts
index 9c997af0e1ee..ec1b43aa342f 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/Icon.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/Icon.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ const ICON_NOT_FOUND = "ICON_NOT_FOUND";
  * ### Keyboard Handling
  *
  * - [Space] / [Enter] or [Return] - Fires the `click` event if the `mode` property is set to `Interactive`.
- * - [Shift] - If [Space] / [Enter] or [Return] is pressed, pressing [Shift] releases the ui5-icon without triggering the click event.
  *
  * ### ES6 Module Import
  *
@@ -109,9 +108,10 @@ const ICON_NOT_FOUND = "ICON_NOT_FOUND";
 	styles: iconCss,
 })
 /**
- * Fired on mouseup, `SPACE` and `ENTER`.
- * - on mouse click, the icon fires native `click` event
- * - on `SPACE` and `ENTER`, the icon fires custom `click` event
+ * Fired when the component is activated by mouse/touch, keyboard (Enter or Space),
+ * or screen reader virtual cursor activation.
+ *
+ * **Note:** The event will not be fired if the `mode` property is set to `Decorative` or `Image`.
  * @public
  * @since 2.11.0
  */
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ class Icon extends UI5Element implements IIcon {
 	customTemplate?: object;
 	customTemplateAsString?: string;
 
+	_onclick(e: MouseEvent) {
+		if (this.mode !== IconMode.Interactive) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// prevents the native browser "click" event from firing
+		e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+
+		this.fireDecoratorEvent("click");
+	}
+
 	_onkeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
 		if (this.mode !== IconMode.Interactive) {
 			return;
diff --git a/packages/main/src/IconTemplate.tsx b/packages/main/src/IconTemplate.tsx
index 8c0ab0355765..380161620a01 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/IconTemplate.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/src/IconTemplate.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default function IconTemplate(this: Icon) {
 			xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
 			onKeyDown={this._onkeydown}
 			onKeyUp={this._onkeyup}
+			onClick={this._onclick}
 		>
 			{ this.hasIconTooltip &&
                 <title id={`${this._id}-tooltip`} > {this.effectiveAccessibleName} </title>