diff --git a/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.css b/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.css
index 10ccab85afc..2f747df8533 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.css
+++ b/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.css
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@
       gap: var(--spacer-1);
     }
 
+    .field-error.tooltip {
+      pointer-events: none;
+    }
+
+    html:not([dir='RTL']) & .field-error.tooltip {
+      inset-inline-start: 0;
+      inset-inline-end: auto;
+    }
+
+    html[dir='RTL'] & .field-error.tooltip {
+      inset-inline-end: 0;
+      inset-inline-start: auto;
+    }
+
     .slug-field-component__action-btn {
       display: flex;
       align-items: center;
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.tsx
index 71c7731945c..c8e1578a8a2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/fields/Slug/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import type { SlugFieldClientProps } from 'payload'
 
-import { getTranslation } from '@payloadcms/translations'
+import { getTranslation, rtlLanguages } from '@payloadcms/translations'
 import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react'
 
 import { Button } from '../../elements/Button/index.js'
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export const SlugField: React.FC<SlugFieldClientProps> = ({ field, path, useAsSl
 
   const { i18n, t } = useTranslation()
 
+  const isRTL = (rtlLanguages as readonly string[]).includes(i18n.language)
+
   const { collectionSlug, globalSlug } = useDocumentInfo()
 
   const { slugify } = useServerFunctions()
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ export const SlugField: React.FC<SlugFieldClientProps> = ({ field, path, useAsSl
     >
       <FieldLabel htmlFor={`field-${fieldPath}`} label={label} required={required} />
       <div className={`${baseClass}__wrap`}>
-        <FieldError path={fieldPath} showError={showError} />
+        <FieldError alignCaret={isRTL ? 'right' : 'left'} path={fieldPath} showError={showError} />
 
         <div
           className={[