diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/detached.test.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/detached.test.ts
index 430e61dc8..c0cd09780 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/detached.test.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/detached.test.ts
@@ -111,17 +111,30 @@ describe('detached', () => {
       '.aa-DetachedCancelButton'
     );
 
-    const bodyClickListener = jest.fn();
-    document.querySelector('body').addEventListener('click', bodyClickListener);
+    // Prevent `onTouchStart` event from closing detached overlay
+    const windowTouchStartListener = jest.fn();
+    window.addEventListener('touchstart', windowTouchStartListener);
+
+    fireEvent(
+      cancelButton,
+      new TouchEvent('touchstart', {
+        bubbles: true,
+        cancelable: true,
+        composed: true,
+      })
+    );
 
-    // Close detached overlay
-    cancelButton.click();
+    expect(windowTouchStartListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 
-    expect(bodyClickListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    window.removeEventListener('touchstart', windowTouchStartListener);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(document.querySelector('.aa-DetachedOverlay')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(document.body).toHaveClass('aa-Detached');
+    });
 
-    document
-      .querySelector('body')
-      .removeEventListener('click', bodyClickListener);
+    // Close detached overlay
+    cancelButton.click();
 
     // The detached overlay should close
     await waitFor(() => {
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/createAutocompleteDom.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/createAutocompleteDom.ts
index aae8dc7bd..3ce303773 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/createAutocompleteDom.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/createAutocompleteDom.ts
@@ -169,8 +169,12 @@ export function createAutocompleteDom<TItem extends BaseItem>({
       type: 'button',
       class: classNames.detachedCancelButton,
       textContent: translations.detachedCancelButtonText,
-      onClick(event: MouseEvent) {
+      // Prevent `onTouchStart` from closing the panel
+      // since it should be initiated by `onClick` only
+      onTouchStart(event: TouchEvent) {
         event.stopPropagation();
+      },
+      onClick() {
         autocomplete.setIsOpen(false);
         setIsModalOpen(false);
       },
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/utils/setProperties.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/utils/setProperties.ts
index e0ab31deb..4098b493b 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/utils/setProperties.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/utils/setProperties.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 
+/**
+ * Touch-specific event aliases
+ *
+ * See https://w3c.github.io/touch-events/#extensions-to-the-globaleventhandlers-mixin
+ */
+const TOUCH_EVENTS_ALIASES = [
+  'ontouchstart',
+  'ontouchend',
+  'ontouchmove',
+  'ontouchcancel',
+];
+
 /*
  * Taken from Preact
  *
@@ -50,7 +62,8 @@ export function setProperty(dom: HTMLElement, name: string, value: any) {
   else if (name[0] === 'o' && name[1] === 'n') {
     useCapture = name !== (name = name.replace(/Capture$/, ''));
     nameLower = name.toLowerCase();
-    if (nameLower in dom) name = nameLower;
+    if (nameLower in dom || TOUCH_EVENTS_ALIASES.includes(nameLower))
+      name = nameLower;
     name = name.slice(2);
 
     if (!(dom as any)._listeners) (dom as any)._listeners = {};