diff --git a/resources/css/components/menu-item.css b/resources/css/components/menu-item.css
index adc948e1..2d942e90 100644
--- a/resources/css/components/menu-item.css
+++ b/resources/css/components/menu-item.css
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
  * (`ItemTrailingSupportingTextFont`) sits at the end. Every quiet part of the row — the icon, the
  * description, the trailing text — inks together as `--md-menu-item-ink`; corner and colour are
  * two springs, not one (§ ACT-19), and `icon-class` paints only the leading icon, over that ink
- * but never over disabled.
+ * but never over disabled. The row renders the foundation's `md-state-layer` and `md-focus-ring`
+ * (foundation/interaction.css) — no `md-touch-target`, since the row is already 48px tall — and
+ * keeps only one refinement: the ring reads inward (-3px), because a row sits edge to edge in the
+ * list and an outward one would run past it. A disabled item stays focusable and keeps its ring,
+ * because M3 keeps it reachable, but the class already withholds the layer from `aria-disabled`.
  *
  * `submenu` turns the row into the WAI-ARIA menu button for a second `role="menu"` popover beside
  * it, anchored to its end and flipping to the start where the window has no room
@@ -37,8 +41,6 @@
     [data-md-menu-item] {
         --md-menu-item-ink: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface-variant);
 
-        position: relative;
-        isolation: isolate;
         display: flex;
         inline-size: 100%;
         min-block-size: var(--md-sys-measurement-space600);
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@
         color: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface);
         text-align: start;
         cursor: pointer;
-        outline: none;
         -webkit-user-select: none;
         user-select: none;
         transition-property: border-radius, background-color, color;
@@ -61,41 +62,10 @@
             var(--md-sys-motion-spatial-fast),
             var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast), var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast);
 
-        &::before {
-            content: '';
-            position: absolute;
-            inset: 0;
-            z-index: -1;
-            border-radius: inherit;
-            background-color: currentColor;
-            opacity: 0;
-            pointer-events: none;
-            transition: opacity var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast-duration) var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast);
-        }
-
-        @media (hover: hover) {
-            &:hover::before {
-                opacity: var(--md-sys-state-hover-state-layer-opacity);
-            }
-        }
-
+        /* The row sits edge to edge in the list, so the ring reads inward, not past the item. */
         &:focus-visible {
-            outline: 3px solid var(--md-sys-color-secondary);
             outline-offset: -3px;
         }
-
-        &:focus-visible::before {
-            opacity: var(--md-sys-state-focus-state-layer-opacity);
-        }
-
-        &:active::before {
-            opacity: var(--md-sys-state-pressed-state-layer-opacity);
-        }
-
-        /* A disabled item stays focusable and keeps its focus ring, but has no state layer. */
-        &[aria-disabled='true']::before {
-            display: none;
-        }
     }
 
     [data-md-menu-item]:first-child {
diff --git a/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php b/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php
index 00f2098d..86cd4391 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         'wire:navigate' => $isLink && ! $external && ! $noWireNavigate && ! $attributes->has('wire:navigate') ? true : null,
         // Opening a submenu is not choosing anything: the outer menu stays where it was.
         'data-md-keep-open' => $keepOpen || $submenu ? true : null,
-    ], fn ($value): bool => $value !== null));
+    ], fn ($value): bool => $value !== null))->class(['md-state-layer', 'md-focus-ring']);
 @endphp
 
 @if ($submenu)
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php
index 529e299a..ba310015 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php
@@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ it('links an item, and keeps a disabled one out of reach', function () {
         ->assertSee('aria-disabled="true"', false)
         ->assertSee('data-md-menu-item', false);
 
+    // A disabled item stays focusable and keeps its ring, but the foundation's md-state-layer class
+    // (which the item renders, not a copy of its own) already withholds the layer on aria-disabled.
     expect(ComponentStylesheet::read('menu-item')->declarations("[data-md-menu-item][aria-disabled='true']"))->toMatchArray(['pointer-events' => 'none'])
-        ->and(ComponentStylesheet::read('menu-item')->declarations("[data-md-menu-item][aria-disabled='true']::before"))->toBe(['display' => 'none']);
+        ->and(ComponentStylesheet::read('menu-item')->has('[data-md-menu-item]::before'))->toBeFalse()
+        ->and((string) $this->blade('<x-menu-item label="Reset" disabled />'))->toContain('class="md-state-layer md-focus-ring"');
 });
 
 it('separates and labels groups', function () {