diff --git a/backport-changelog/6.8/8261.md b/backport-changelog/6.8/8261.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d125d122cb3a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-changelog/6.8/8261.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/8261
+
+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/68521
diff --git a/docs/how-to-guides/themes/global-settings-and-styles.md b/docs/how-to-guides/themes/global-settings-and-styles.md
index 359b36b4ad205b..e0b7653321413d 100644
--- a/docs/how-to-guides/themes/global-settings-and-styles.md
+++ b/docs/how-to-guides/themes/global-settings-and-styles.md
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ h3 {
 {% end %}
 ##### Element pseudo selectors
 
-Pseudo selectors `:hover`, `:focus`, `:visited`, `:active`, `:link`, `:any-link` are supported by Gutenberg.
+Pseudo selectors `:hover`, `:focus`, `:focus-visible`, `:visited`, `:active`, `:link`, `:any-link` are supported by Gutenberg.
 
 ```json
 "elements": {
diff --git a/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php b/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php
index e3186d2d370325..0679dd4283acf3 100644
--- a/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php
+++ b/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg {
 	/**
 	 * Defines which pseudo selectors are enabled for which elements.
 	 *
-	 * The order of the selectors should be: link, any-link, visited, hover, focus, active.
+	 * The order of the selectors should be: link, any-link, visited, hover, focus, focus-visible, active.
 	 * This is to ensure the user action (hover, focus and active) styles have a higher
 	 * specificity than the visited styles, which in turn have a higher specificity than
 	 * the unvisited styles.
@@ -573,10 +573,11 @@ class WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg {
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.1.0
 	 * @since 6.2.0 Added support for `:link` and `:any-link`.
+	 * @since 6.8.0 Added support for `:focus-visible`.
 	 */
 	const VALID_ELEMENT_PSEUDO_SELECTORS = array(
-		'link'   => array( ':link', ':any-link', ':visited', ':hover', ':focus', ':active' ),
-		'button' => array( ':link', ':any-link', ':visited', ':hover', ':focus', ':active' ),
+		'link'   => array( ':link', ':any-link', ':visited', ':hover', ':focus', ':focus-visible', ':active' ),
+		'button' => array( ':link', ':any-link', ':visited', ':hover', ':focus', ':focus-visible', ':active' ),
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -2931,7 +2932,11 @@ static function ( $split_selector ) use ( $clean_style_variation_selector ) {
 			array_filter(
 				$element_pseudo_allowed,
 				static function ( $pseudo_selector ) use ( $selector ) {
-					return str_contains( $selector, $pseudo_selector );
+					/*
+					 * Check if the pseudo selector is in the current selector,
+					 * ensuring it is not followed by a dash (e.g., :focus should not match :focus-visible).
+					 */
+					return preg_match( '/' . preg_quote( $pseudo_selector, '/' ) . '(?!-)/', $selector ) === 1;
 				}
 			)
 		);
diff --git a/schemas/json/theme.json b/schemas/json/theme.json
index 4eec377e3a94b9..158b72e648cc2d 100644
--- a/schemas/json/theme.json
+++ b/schemas/json/theme.json
@@ -1713,6 +1713,9 @@
 				":focus": {
 					"$ref": "#/definitions/stylesPropertiesComplete"
 				},
+				":focus-visible": {
+					"$ref": "#/definitions/stylesPropertiesComplete"
+				},
 				":hover": {
 					"$ref": "#/definitions/stylesPropertiesComplete"
 				},
@@ -1729,6 +1732,7 @@
 				":active",
 				":any-link",
 				":focus",
+				":focus-visible",
 				":hover",
 				":link",
 				":visited"