diff --git a/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.client.tsx b/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.client.tsx
index aeedc49576..1bb703545e 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.client.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.client.tsx
@@ -44,23 +44,26 @@ export const DefaultNavClient: React.FC<{
                 id = `nav-global-${slug}`
               }
 
-              const LinkElement = Link || 'a'
               const activeCollection =
                 pathname.startsWith(href) && ['/', undefined].includes(pathname[href.length])
 
+              const Label = (
+                <span className={`${baseClass}__link-label`}>{getTranslation(label, i18n)}</span>
+              )
+
+              if (activeCollection) {
+                return (
+                  <div className={`${baseClass}__link active`} id={id} key={i}>
+                    <div className={`${baseClass}__link-indicator`} />
+                    {Label}
+                  </div>
+                )
+              }
+
               return (
-                <LinkElement
-                  className={[`${baseClass}__link`, activeCollection && `active`]
-                    .filter(Boolean)
-                    .join(' ')}
-                  href={href}
-                  id={id}
-                  key={i}
-                  prefetch={Link ? false : undefined}
-                >
-                  {activeCollection && <div className={`${baseClass}__link-indicator`} />}
-                  <span className={`${baseClass}__link-label`}>{getTranslation(label, i18n)}</span>
-                </LinkElement>
+                <Link className={`${baseClass}__link`} href={href} id={id} key={i} prefetch={false}>
+                  {Label}
+                </Link>
               )
             })}
           </NavGroup>
diff --git a/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.scss b/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.scss
index 93c03802f9..636b6b103d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.scss
+++ b/packages/next/src/elements/Nav/index.scss
@@ -93,36 +93,32 @@
       }
     }
 
-    nav {
-      a {
-        position: relative;
-        padding-block: base(0.125);
-        padding-inline-start: 0;
-        padding-inline-end: base(1.5);
-        display: flex;
-        text-decoration: none;
-
-        &:focus:not(:focus-visible) {
-          box-shadow: none;
-          font-weight: 600;
-        }
-
-        &:hover,
-        &:focus-visible {
-          text-decoration: underline;
-        }
-
-        &.active {
-          font-weight: normal;
-          padding-left: 0;
-          font-weight: 600;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     &__link {
       display: flex;
       align-items: center;
+      position: relative;
+      padding-block: base(0.125);
+      padding-inline-start: 0;
+      padding-inline-end: base(1.5);
+      text-decoration: none;
+
+      &:focus:not(:focus-visible) {
+        box-shadow: none;
+        font-weight: 600;
+      }
+
+      &.active {
+        font-weight: normal;
+        padding-left: 0;
+        font-weight: 600;
+      }
+    }
+
+    a.nav__link {
+      &:hover,
+      &:focus-visible {
+        text-decoration: underline;
+      }
     }
 
     &__link-indicator {
@@ -148,7 +144,7 @@
         padding: var(--app-header-height) var(--gutter-h) base(2);
       }
 
-      nav a {
+      &__link {
         font-size: base(0.875);
         line-height: base(1.5);
       }
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/AppHeader/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/AppHeader/index.tsx
index 7307de39a6..da539789b6 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/AppHeader/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/AppHeader/index.tsx
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ export function AppHeader({ CustomAvatar, CustomIcon }: Props) {
     }
   }, [Actions])
 
-  const LinkElement = Link || 'a'
-
   const ActionComponents = Actions ? Object.values(Actions) : []
 
   return (
@@ -95,15 +93,15 @@ export function AppHeader({ CustomAvatar, CustomIcon }: Props) {
             {localization && (
               <LocalizerLabel ariaLabel="invisible" className={`${baseClass}__localizer-spacing`} />
             )}
-            <LinkElement
+            <Link
               aria-label={t('authentication:account')}
               className={`${baseClass}__account`}
               href={formatAdminURL({ adminRoute, path: accountRoute })}
-              prefetch={Link ? false : undefined}
+              prefetch={false}
               tabIndex={0}
             >
               <RenderCustomComponent CustomComponent={CustomAvatar} Fallback={<Account />} />
-            </LinkElement>
+            </Link>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/Logout/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/Logout/index.tsx
index acde86663c..2da58c7322 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/Logout/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/Logout/index.tsx
@@ -28,21 +28,17 @@ export const Logout: React.FC<{
     routes: { admin: adminRoute },
   } = config
 
-  const props = {
-    'aria-label': t('authentication:logOut'),
-    className: `${baseClass}__log-out`,
-    prefetch: Link ? false : undefined,
-    tabIndex,
-    title: t('authentication:logOut'),
-  }
-
   return (
     <Link
-      {...props}
+      aria-label={t('authentication:logOut')}
+      className={`${baseClass}__log-out`}
       href={formatAdminURL({
         adminRoute,
         path: logoutRoute,
       })}
+      prefetch={false}
+      tabIndex={tabIndex}
+      title={t('authentication:logOut')}
     >
       <LogOutIcon />
     </Link>
diff --git a/test/access-control/e2e.spec.ts b/test/access-control/e2e.spec.ts
index 006f94542f..2ef3b566c3 100644
--- a/test/access-control/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/access-control/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { TypeWithID } from 'payload'
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
 import { devUser } from 'credentials.js'
 import { openDocControls } from 'helpers/e2e/openDocControls.js'
+import { openNav } from 'helpers/e2e/toggleNav.js'
 import path from 'path'
 import { wait } from 'payload/shared'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   getRoutes,
   initPageConsoleErrorCatch,
   login,
-  openNav,
   saveDocAndAssert,
 } from '../helpers.js'
 import { AdminUrlUtil } from '../helpers/adminUrlUtil.js'
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ describe('Access Control', () => {
     test('should not show in nav', async () => {
       await page.goto(url.admin)
       await openNav(page)
-      // await expect(page.locator('.nav >> a:has-text("Restricteds")')).toHaveCount(0)
+
       await expect(
         page.locator('.nav a', {
           hasText: exactText('Restricteds'),
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ describe('Access Control', () => {
       test('should restrict access based on user settings', async () => {
         const url = `${serverURL}/admin/globals/settings`
         await page.goto(url)
-        await expect.poll(() => page.url(), { timeout: POLL_TOPASS_TIMEOUT }).toContain(url)
         await openNav(page)
         await expect(page.locator('#nav-global-settings')).toBeVisible()
         await expect(page.locator('#nav-global-test')).toBeHidden()
diff --git a/test/access-control/payload-types.ts b/test/access-control/payload-types.ts
index ed98d40347..8be2a00c1e 100644
--- a/test/access-control/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/access-control/payload-types.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,66 @@
  * and re-run `payload generate:types` to regenerate this file.
  */
 
+/**
+ * Supported timezones in IANA format.
+ *
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "supportedTimezones".
+ */
+export type SupportedTimezones =
+  | 'Pacific/Midway'
+  | 'Pacific/Niue'
+  | 'Pacific/Honolulu'
+  | 'Pacific/Rarotonga'
+  | 'America/Anchorage'
+  | 'Pacific/Gambier'
+  | 'America/Los_Angeles'
+  | 'America/Tijuana'
+  | 'America/Denver'
+  | 'America/Phoenix'
+  | 'America/Chicago'
+  | 'America/Guatemala'
+  | 'America/New_York'
+  | 'America/Bogota'
+  | 'America/Caracas'
+  | 'America/Santiago'
+  | 'America/Buenos_Aires'
+  | 'America/Sao_Paulo'
+  | 'Atlantic/South_Georgia'
+  | 'Atlantic/Azores'
+  | 'Atlantic/Cape_Verde'
+  | 'Europe/London'
+  | 'Europe/Berlin'
+  | 'Africa/Lagos'
+  | 'Europe/Athens'
+  | 'Africa/Cairo'
+  | 'Europe/Moscow'
+  | 'Asia/Riyadh'
+  | 'Asia/Dubai'
+  | 'Asia/Baku'
+  | 'Asia/Karachi'
+  | 'Asia/Tashkent'
+  | 'Asia/Calcutta'
+  | 'Asia/Dhaka'
+  | 'Asia/Almaty'
+  | 'Asia/Jakarta'
+  | 'Asia/Bangkok'
+  | 'Asia/Shanghai'
+  | 'Asia/Singapore'
+  | 'Asia/Tokyo'
+  | 'Asia/Seoul'
+  | 'Australia/Sydney'
+  | 'Pacific/Guam'
+  | 'Pacific/Noumea'
+  | 'Pacific/Auckland'
+  | 'Pacific/Fiji';
+
 export interface Config {
   auth: {
     users: UserAuthOperations;
     'public-users': PublicUserAuthOperations;
   };
+  blocks: {};
   collections: {
     users: User;
     'public-users': PublicUser;
diff --git a/test/admin/e2e/document-view/e2e.spec.ts b/test/admin/e2e/document-view/e2e.spec.ts
index 08dd762143..6dcdeeb123 100644
--- a/test/admin/e2e/document-view/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/admin/e2e/document-view/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   ensureCompilationIsDone,
   exactText,
   initPageConsoleErrorCatch,
-  openNav,
   saveDocAndAssert,
 } from '../../../helpers.js'
 import { AdminUrlUtil } from '../../../helpers/adminUrlUtil.js'
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ const description = 'Description'
 let payload: PayloadTestSDK<Config>
 
 import { navigateToDoc } from 'helpers/e2e/navigateToDoc.js'
+import { openNav } from 'helpers/e2e/toggleNav.js'
 import path from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
diff --git a/test/admin/e2e/general/e2e.spec.ts b/test/admin/e2e/general/e2e.spec.ts
index 44139d1927..6c84a828c8 100644
--- a/test/admin/e2e/general/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/admin/e2e/general/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   exactText,
   getRoutes,
   initPageConsoleErrorCatch,
-  openNav,
   saveDocAndAssert,
   saveDocHotkeyAndAssert,
   // throttleTest,
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ let payload: PayloadTestSDK<Config>
 
 import { navigateToDoc } from 'helpers/e2e/navigateToDoc.js'
 import { openDocControls } from 'helpers/e2e/openDocControls.js'
+import { openNav } from 'helpers/e2e/toggleNav.js'
 import path from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
@@ -406,6 +406,15 @@ describe('General', () => {
       await expect(link).toBeHidden()
     })
 
+    test('should disable active nav item', async () => {
+      await page.goto(postsUrl.list)
+      await openNav(page)
+      const activeItem = page.locator('.nav .nav__link.active')
+      await expect(activeItem).toBeVisible()
+      const tagName = await activeItem.evaluate((el) => el.tagName.toLowerCase())
+      expect(tagName).toBe('div')
+    })
+
     test('breadcrumbs — should navigate from list to dashboard', async () => {
       await page.goto(postsUrl.list)
       await page.locator(`.step-nav a[href="${adminRoutes.routes.admin}"]`).click()
diff --git a/test/helpers.ts b/test/helpers.ts
index 3ee90344e2..4510cc3820 100644
--- a/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/test/helpers.ts
@@ -255,18 +255,6 @@ export async function saveDocAndAssert(
   }
 }
 
-export async function openNav(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  // check to see if the nav is already open and if not, open it
-  // use the `--nav-open` modifier class to check if the nav is open
-  // this will prevent clicking nav links that are bleeding off the screen
-  if (await page.locator('.template-default.template-default--nav-open').isVisible()) {
-    return
-  }
-  // playwright: get first element with .nav-toggler which is VISIBLE (not hidden), could be 2 elements with .nav-toggler on mobile and desktop but only one is visible
-  await page.locator('.nav-toggler >> visible=true').click()
-  await expect(page.locator('.template-default.template-default--nav-open')).toBeVisible()
-}
-
 export async function openDocDrawer(page: Page, selector: string): Promise<void> {
   await wait(500) // wait for parent form state to initialize
   await page.locator(selector).click()
diff --git a/test/helpers/e2e/toggleNav.ts b/test/helpers/e2e/toggleNav.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88108d5a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/e2e/toggleNav.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test'
+import { wait } from 'payload/shared'
+
+export async function openNav(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  // wait for the preferences/media queries to either open or close the nav
+  // TODO: remove this in the future when nav state can be initialized properly
+  await wait(250)
+
+  // check to see if the nav is already open and if not, open it
+  // use the `--nav-open` modifier class to check if the nav is open
+  // this will prevent clicking nav links that are bleeding off the screen
+  if (await page.locator('.template-default.template-default--nav-open').isVisible()) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  // playwright: get first element with .nav-toggler which is VISIBLE (not hidden), could be 2 elements with .nav-toggler on mobile and desktop but only one is visible
+  await page.locator('.nav-toggler >> visible=true').click()
+  await expect(page.locator('.template-default.template-default--nav-open')).toBeVisible()
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index fed3e543da..a12b54a3a6 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       }
     ],
     "paths": {
-      "@payload-config": ["./test/fields-relationship/config.ts"],
+      "@payload-config": ["./test/access-control/config.ts"],
       "@payloadcms/live-preview": ["./packages/live-preview/src"],
       "@payloadcms/live-preview-react": ["./packages/live-preview-react/src/index.ts"],
       "@payloadcms/live-preview-vue": ["./packages/live-preview-vue/src/index.ts"],