diff --git a/resources/views/components/account-menu.blade.php b/resources/views/components/account-menu.blade.php
index 00c968a9..3719ed9b 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/account-menu.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/account-menu.blade.php
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@
             type="button"
             aria-label="{{ $label }}"
             data-account-menu
-            class="touch-target focus-ring inline-flex size-10 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-corner-full bg-primary-container type-label-lg text-on-primary-container"
+            class="state-layer touch-target focus-ring inline-flex size-10 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-corner-full bg-primary-container type-label-lg text-on-primary-container"
         >
             @if ($image)
-                <img src="{{ $avatar }}" alt="" class="size-full rounded-corner-full object-cover" />
+                {{-- Behind the state layer (`state-layer` paints its ::before at z-index -1), so an
+                     avatar image still shows the hover and pressed states over it. --}}
+                <img src="{{ $avatar }}" alt="" class="relative -z-20 size-full rounded-corner-full object-cover" />
             @elseif (filled($initials))
                 {{ $initials }}
             @else
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/AppBarTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/AppBarTest.php
index cb3d9bdb..369d254e 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/AppBarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/AppBarTest.php
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ it('opens an account menu from the initials of a name', function () {
     expect($html)
         ->toContain('aria-label="Account"')
         ->toContain('data-account-menu')
-        // The 40px avatar reaches 48px, and nothing clips the pseudo-target (N-01).
-        ->toContain('touch-target')
+        // The 40px avatar reaches 48px, and nothing clips the pseudo-target (N-01); the trigger
+        // has a hover and a pressed state like every other trigger in the library (N-15).
+        ->toContain('state-layer touch-target focus-ring')
         ->not->toContain('overflow-hidden')
         ->toMatch('/>\s*AM\s*<\/button>/')
         ->toContain('anna@example.com')
@@ -155,6 +156,6 @@ it('opens an account menu from the initials of a name', function () {
         ->toContain('data-account-theme')
         ->toContain('Sign out')
         ->and((string) $this->blade('<x-account-menu avatar="/anna.jpg" :theme="false" />'))
-        ->toContain('<img src="/anna.jpg" alt="" class="size-full rounded-corner-full object-cover" />')
+        ->toContain('<img src="/anna.jpg" alt="" class="relative -z-20 size-full rounded-corner-full object-cover" />')
         ->not->toContain('data-account-theme');
 });