diff --git a/.changeset/kind-clouds-kiss.md b/.changeset/kind-clouds-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f536078da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/kind-clouds-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@lion/ui': patch
+---
+
+Fix [ArrowUp]/[ArrowDown] not registering as user interaction when done directly on the select-rich component
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js b/packages/ui/components/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js
index 2c3dac4a3..1c456dcdc 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/select-rich/src/LionSelectRich.js
@@ -485,6 +485,13 @@ export class LionSelectRich extends SlotMixin(ScopedElementsMixin(OverlayMixin(L
       return;
     }
 
+    this._isHandlingUserInput = true;
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      // Since we can't control when subclasses are done handling keyboard input, we
+      // schedule a timeout to reset _isHandlingUserInput
+      this._isHandlingUserInput = false;
+    });
+
     const { key } = ev;
     switch (key) {
       case 'ArrowUp':
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/select-rich/test/lion-select-rich-interaction.test.js b/packages/ui/components/select-rich/test/lion-select-rich-interaction.test.js
index 99be5870d..ef43ec63e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/select-rich/test/lion-select-rich-interaction.test.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/select-rich/test/lion-select-rich-interaction.test.js
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ describe('lion-select-rich interactions', () => {
         });
       }
 
+      let isTriggeredByUser;
       const el = /** @type {LionSelectRich} */ (
         await fixture(html`
-          <lion-select-rich interaction-mode="windows/linux">
+          <lion-select-rich
+            interaction-mode="windows/linux"
+            @model-value-changed="${(/** @type {CustomEvent} */ event) => {
+              isTriggeredByUser = event.detail.isTriggeredByUser;
+            }}"
+          >
             <lion-options slot="input">
               <lion-option .choiceValue=${10}>Item 1</lion-option>
               <lion-option .choiceValue=${20}>Item 2</lion-option>
@@ -125,10 +131,14 @@ describe('lion-select-rich interactions', () => {
       el.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keyup', { key: 'ArrowDown' }));
       expect(el.checkedIndex).to.equal(1);
       expectOnlyGivenOneOptionToBeChecked(options, 1);
+      expect(isTriggeredByUser).to.be.true;
+
+      isTriggeredByUser = false;
 
       el.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keyup', { key: 'ArrowUp' }));
       expect(el.checkedIndex).to.equal(0);
       expectOnlyGivenOneOptionToBeChecked(options, 0);
+      expect(isTriggeredByUser).to.be.true;
     });
 
     it('checkes a value with [character] keys while listbox unopened', async () => {