diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-headless-components-preview-menulist-focusgroup-typing.json b/change/@fluentui-react-headless-components-preview-menulist-focusgroup-typing.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9e989e697949f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-headless-components-preview-menulist-focusgroup-typing.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "fix: use global focusgroup typing for MenuListState instead of a local intersection",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-headless-components-preview",
+  "email": "dmytrokirpa@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/etc/menu.api.md b/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/etc/menu.api.md
index 29c80e887958d..7b92a58d0ab32 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/etc/menu.api.md
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/etc/menu.api.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { MenuItemSwitchState } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
 import type { MenuListContextValues } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
 import { MenuListProps } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
 import { MenuListSlots } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
-import type { MenuListState as MenuListState_2 } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
+import { MenuListState } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
 import { MenuOpenChangeData } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
 import { MenuOpenEvent } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
 import { MenuPopoverProps } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
@@ -166,12 +166,7 @@ export { MenuListProps }
 
 export { MenuListSlots }
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export type MenuListState = MenuListState_2 & {
-    root: {
-        focusgroup?: string;
-    };
-};
+export { MenuListState }
 
 export { MenuOpenChangeData }
 
@@ -228,7 +223,7 @@ export { renderMenuItemRadio }
 export { renderMenuItemSwitch }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const renderMenuList: (state: MenuListState_2, contextValues: MenuListContextValues) => JSXElement;
+export const renderMenuList: (state: MenuListState, contextValues: MenuListContextValues) => JSXElement;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const renderMenuPopover: (state: MenuPopoverState) => JSXElement;
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/src/components/Menu/MenuList/MenuList.types.ts b/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/src/components/Menu/MenuList/MenuList.types.ts
index 52088893be860..b5556ceb0477d 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/src/components/Menu/MenuList/MenuList.types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-headless-components-preview/library/src/components/Menu/MenuList/MenuList.types.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-import type { MenuListState as MenuListBaseState } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
-
 export type {
+  MenuListState,
   MenuListProps,
   MenuListSlots,
   MenuCheckedValueChangeData,
   MenuCheckedValueChangeEvent,
 } from '@fluentui/react-menu';
-
-export type MenuListState = MenuListBaseState & {
-  root: {
-    focusgroup?: string;
-  };
-};