diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/content-picker/property-editor-ui-content-picker.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/content-picker/property-editor-ui-content-picker.element.ts
index 7adc00653e..59209dfc39 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/content-picker/property-editor-ui-content-picker.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/property-editors/content-picker/property-editor-ui-content-picker.element.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ export class UmbPropertyEditorUIContentPickerElement
 		this.#setPickerRootUnique();
 	}
 
+	override focus() {
+		return this.shadowRoot?.querySelector<UmbInputContentElement>('umb-input-content')?.focus();
+	}
+
 	async #setPickerRootUnique() {
 		// If we have a root unique value, we don't need to fetch it from the dynamic root
 		if (this._rootUnique) return;