diff --git a/web/pgadmin/static/js/helpers/ModalProvider.jsx b/web/pgadmin/static/js/helpers/ModalProvider.jsx
index c770e2860..383e25f72 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/static/js/helpers/ModalProvider.jsx
+++ b/web/pgadmin/static/js/helpers/ModalProvider.jsx
@@ -366,9 +366,11 @@ function ModalContainer({ id, title, content, dialogHeight, dialogWidth, onClose
     }
   };
   const [isFullScreen, setIsFullScreen] = useState(fullScreen);
+  const dialogRef = useRef(null);
 
   return (
     <StyleDialog
+      ref={dialogRef}
       open={true}
       onClose={closeModal}
       PaperComponent={PaperComponent}
@@ -380,6 +382,14 @@ function ModalContainer({ id, title, content, dialogHeight, dialogWidth, onClose
       fullScreen={isFullScreen}
       fullWidth={isFullWidth}
       disablePortal
+      // The dialog is rendered in place (disablePortal), so it sits inside
+      // the application root rather than directly under <body>. MUI's modal
+      // manager sets aria-hidden on the children of its container, which
+      // defaults to <body>, so it would hide the application root and the
+      // dialog along with it, whilst focus is inside the dialog. Use the
+      // dialog's own parent as the container so that only its siblings, the
+      // background content, are hidden.
+      container={() => dialogRef.current?.parentElement}
       {...props}
     >
       { showTitle &&
diff --git a/web/regression/javascript/ModalProvider.spec.js b/web/regression/javascript/ModalProvider.spec.js
index ea51ed8e5..58e383adb 100644
--- a/web/regression/javascript/ModalProvider.spec.js
+++ b/web/regression/javascript/ModalProvider.spec.js
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ describe('ModalProvider AlertContent', () => {
   });
 });
 
-
 describe('ModalProvider keeps focus in an open modal (#9784)', () => {
   let iframe;
 
@@ -166,3 +165,37 @@ describe('ModalProvider keeps focus in an open modal (#9784)', () => {
       expect(document.activeElement).toBe(input);
     });
 });
+
+describe('ModalProvider aria-hidden handling', () => {
+  let modalApi;
+  function CaptureModal() {
+    modalApi = useModal();
+    return <button>Background action</button>;
+  }
+  const ThemedProvider = withTheme(ModalProvider);
+
+  it('hides the background content but not the dialog itself',
+    async () => {
+      const ctrl = await act(async () => render(
+        <ThemedProvider><CaptureModal /></ThemedProvider>
+      ));
+      const background = screen.getByText('Background action');
+      background.focus();
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        modalApi.confirm('Reset statistics', 'Are you sure?', () => {});
+      });
+
+      const dialog = screen.getByRole('dialog');
+      expect(dialog.closest('[aria-hidden="true"]')).toBeNull();
+      expect(dialog.contains(document.activeElement)).toBe(true);
+      expect(background.closest('[aria-hidden="true"]')).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(ctrl.container.closest('[aria-hidden="true"]')).toBeNull();
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        screen.getByText('No').click();
+      });
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).toBeNull();
+      expect(background.closest('[aria-hidden="true"]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+});