diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index 222504c902d51a..b860928faa4add 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 -   `NavigatorScreen`: fix focus issue where back button received focus unexpectedly ([#44239](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/44239))
 -   `FontSizePicker`: Fix header order in RTL languages ([#44590](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/44590)).
 
+### Enhancements
+
+-   `SuggestionList`: use `requestAnimationFrame` instead of `setTimeout` when scrolling selected item into view. This change improves the responsiveness of the `ComboboxControl` and `FormTokenField` components when rapidly hovering over the suggestion items in the list ([#44573](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/44573)).
+
 ### Internal
 
 -   `Mobile` updated to ignore `react/exhaustive-deps` eslint rule ([#44207](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/44207)).
diff --git a/packages/components/src/form-token-field/suggestions-list.tsx b/packages/components/src/form-token-field/suggestions-list.tsx
index e7a7f3fc266a7e..81302d5bfebe81 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/form-token-field/suggestions-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/form-token-field/suggestions-list.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function SuggestionsList< T extends string | { value: string } >( {
 		( listNode ) => {
 			// only have to worry about scrolling selected suggestion into view
 			// when already expanded.
-			let id: number;
+			let rafId: number | undefined;
 			if (
 				selectedIndex > -1 &&
 				scrollIntoView &&
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ export function SuggestionsList< T extends string | { value: string } >( {
 						onlyScrollIfNeeded: true,
 					}
 				);
-				id = window.setTimeout( () => {
+				rafId = requestAnimationFrame( () => {
 					setScrollingIntoView( false );
-				}, 100 );
+				} );
 			}
 
 			return () => {
-				if ( id !== undefined ) {
-					window.clearTimeout( id );
+				if ( rafId !== undefined ) {
+					cancelAnimationFrame( rafId );
 				}
 			};
 		},