diff --git a/packages/helpers/package.json b/packages/helpers/package.json
index 8ff2a48..44bdf50 100644
--- a/packages/helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/helpers/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "description": "Utils useful for Editor.js tools development",
   "repository": "https://github.com/editor-js/utils/tree/main/packages/helpers",
   "link": "https://github.com/editor-js/utils/tree/main/packages/helpers",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "codex-tooltip": "^1.0.6"
+    "codex-tooltip": "^1.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.test.ts b/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71beb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+/**
+ * Stand-in for codex-tooltip: records construction, since constructing it is what registers
+ * its window-level scroll listener
+ */
+const { Tooltip } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  Tooltip: vi.fn(function (this: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    this.show = vi.fn();
+    this.hide = vi.fn();
+    this.onHover = vi.fn();
+    this.destroy = vi.fn();
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('codex-tooltip', () => ({ default: Tooltip }));
+
+/**
+ * The parts of a stand-in instance the tests inspect
+ */
+interface TooltipInstance {
+  /**
+   * Recorded hide() calls
+   */
+  hide: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+}
+
+const tooltip = await import('./tooltip');
+
+describe('tooltip', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    tooltip.destroy();
+    Tooltip.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  test('hide() does not create the tooltip when none has been shown', () => {
+    tooltip.hide();
+    tooltip.hide(true);
+
+    expect(Tooltip).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('hide() hides an existing tooltip', () => {
+    const element = {} as HTMLElement;
+
+    tooltip.show(element, 'Hint');
+    tooltip.hide(true);
+
+    const instance = Tooltip.mock.instances[0] as unknown as TooltipInstance;
+
+    expect(Tooltip).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(instance.hide).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+  });
+
+  test('show() creates the tooltip on first use', () => {
+    tooltip.show(({} as HTMLElement), 'Hint');
+
+    expect(Tooltip).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test('hide() after destroy() does not create a new tooltip', () => {
+    tooltip.show(({} as HTMLElement), 'Hint');
+    tooltip.destroy();
+    Tooltip.mockClear();
+
+    tooltip.hide();
+
+    expect(Tooltip).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.ts b/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.ts
index 34cfbf3..4170e48 100644
--- a/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.ts
+++ b/packages/helpers/src/tooltip/tooltip.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ export function show(element: HTMLElement, content: TooltipContent, options?: To
 
 /**
  * Hides tooltip
+ *
+ * Does nothing when no tooltip has been created: there is nothing to hide, and creating one here
+ * would register its window-level listeners on teardown paths (e.g. destroying a popover item)
+ * where nothing was ever shown
  * @param skipHidingDelay — pass true to immediately hide the tooltip
  */
 export function hide(skipHidingDelay = false): void {
-  prepare();
-
   lib?.hide(skipHidingDelay);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/ui-kit/package.json b/packages/ui-kit/package.json
index e1374d1..7557f18 100644
--- a/packages/ui-kit/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui-kit/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@editorjs/ui-kit",
   "description": "UI Components for Editor.js",
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.4.0",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1d589c8..8a1df9b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@editorjs/helpers@workspace:packages/helpers"
   dependencies:
-    codex-tooltip: "npm:^1.0.6"
+    codex-tooltip: "npm:^1.1.0"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -2643,10 +2643,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"codex-tooltip@npm:^1.0.6":
-  version: 1.0.6
-  resolution: "codex-tooltip@npm:1.0.6"
-  checksum: 10c0/ec7488795aafbb004382899b51170190fc13ec2723004355a44e0bc50402325585108b9ef9825a7e6a6dff30e4e9edab8c93a3fe95cb2583e15f89630528676f
+"codex-tooltip@npm:^1.1.0":
+  version: 1.1.0
+  resolution: "codex-tooltip@npm:1.1.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/e9f7904f22a604b39d51d17cb92ea35eaa3e8b3902d1e4b4fb9dc30a39591b1d013bbc4c01a965700569031cbcb78325d82ee831a9ec5060ddfbdb5771772ab2
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard