diff --git a/.changeset/popular-hairs-own.md b/.changeset/popular-hairs-own.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5918fb24fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-hairs-own.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Tooltip2: Fix the anchor position mapping to reflect the directions correctly
diff --git a/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.playground.stories.tsx b/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.playground.stories.tsx
index 5f13fcbba2e..b67bc535ef9 100644
--- a/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.playground.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.playground.stories.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ export default {
     direction: 's',
     type: 'description',
   },
+  argTypes: {
+    text: {control: {type: 'text'}},
+    direction: {
+      control: {type: 'radio'},
+      options: ['n', 'ne', 'e', 'se', 's', 'sw', 'w', 'nw'],
+    },
+    type: {
+      control: false,
+    },
+  },
 } as Meta<typeof Tooltip>
 
 // Description type, north direction by default
diff --git a/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx b/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
index 969e9f6a195..949ea46c34b 100644
--- a/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/drafts/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -144,25 +144,25 @@ export type TriggerPropsType = {
 
 // map tooltip direction to anchoredPosition props
 const directionToPosition: Record<TooltipDirection, {side: AnchorSide; align: AnchorAlignment}> = {
-  nw: {side: 'outside-top', align: 'start'},
+  nw: {side: 'outside-top', align: 'end'},
   n: {side: 'outside-top', align: 'center'},
-  ne: {side: 'outside-top', align: 'end'},
+  ne: {side: 'outside-top', align: 'start'},
   e: {side: 'outside-right', align: 'center'},
-  se: {side: 'outside-bottom', align: 'end'},
+  se: {side: 'outside-bottom', align: 'start'},
   s: {side: 'outside-bottom', align: 'center'},
-  sw: {side: 'outside-bottom', align: 'start'},
+  sw: {side: 'outside-bottom', align: 'end'},
   w: {side: 'outside-left', align: 'center'},
 }
 
 // map anchoredPosition props to tooltip direction
 const positionToDirection: Record<string, TooltipDirection> = {
-  'outside-top-start': 'nw',
+  'outside-top-end': 'nw',
   'outside-top-center': 'n',
-  'outside-top-end': 'ne',
+  'outside-top-start': 'ne',
   'outside-right-center': 'e',
-  'outside-bottom-end': 'se',
+  'outside-bottom-start': 'se',
   'outside-bottom-center': 's',
-  'outside-bottom-start': 'sw',
+  'outside-bottom-end': 'sw',
   'outside-left-center': 'w',
 }