diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/Modal.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/Modal.tsx
index dac6ebbd864..6dfe09a3ce2 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/Modal.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/Modal.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ interface ModalState {
 class Modal extends Component<ModalProps, ModalState> {
   static displayName = 'Modal';
   static currentId = 0;
+  static openModalStacks: Map<HTMLElement, string[]> = new Map();
   boxId = '';
   backdropId = '';
 
@@ -106,16 +107,46 @@ class Modal extends Component<ModalProps, ModalState> {
     return appendTo || document.body;
   };
 
+  static getStackForTarget(target: HTMLElement): string[] {
+    if (!Modal.openModalStacks.has(target)) {
+      Modal.openModalStacks.set(target, []);
+    }
+    return Modal.openModalStacks.get(target)!;
+  }
+
   toggleSiblingsFromScreenReaders = (hide: boolean) => {
     const { appendTo } = this.props;
     const target: HTMLElement = this.getElement(appendTo);
-    const bodyChildren = target.children;
-    for (const child of Array.from(bodyChildren)) {
-      const isPopperElement = child.hasAttribute('data-popper-placement');
-      if (child.id !== this.backdropId && !isPopperElement) {
-        hide ? child.setAttribute('aria-hidden', '' + hide) : child.removeAttribute('aria-hidden');
+
+    if (hide) {
+      const stack = Modal.getStackForTarget(target);
+      if (stack.indexOf(this.backdropId) === -1) {
+        stack.push(this.backdropId);
+      }
+    } else {
+      const stack = Modal.openModalStacks.get(target);
+      if (!stack) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const idx = stack.indexOf(this.backdropId);
+      if (idx !== -1) {
+        stack.splice(idx, 1);
+      }
+      if (stack.length === 0) {
+        Modal.openModalStacks.delete(target);
       }
     }
+
+    const stack = Modal.openModalStacks.get(target);
+    const activeBackdropId = stack?.length ? stack[stack.length - 1] : null;
+
+    for (const child of Array.from(target.children)) {
+      if (child.hasAttribute('data-popper-placement')) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const shouldHide = activeBackdropId && child.id !== activeBackdropId;
+      shouldHide ? child.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true') : child.removeAttribute('aria-hidden');
+    }
   };
 
   isEmpty = (value: string | null | undefined) => value === null || value === undefined || value === '';
@@ -140,8 +171,10 @@ class Modal extends Component<ModalProps, ModalState> {
       this.toggleSiblingsFromScreenReaders(true);
     } else {
       if (prevProps.isOpen !== this.props.isOpen) {
-        target.classList.remove(css(styles.backdropOpen));
         this.toggleSiblingsFromScreenReaders(false);
+        if (!Modal.openModalStacks.has(target)) {
+          target.classList.remove(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -150,8 +183,10 @@ class Modal extends Component<ModalProps, ModalState> {
     const { appendTo } = this.props;
     const target: HTMLElement = this.getElement(appendTo);
     target.removeEventListener('keydown', this.handleEscKeyClick, false);
-    target.classList.remove(css(styles.backdropOpen));
     this.toggleSiblingsFromScreenReaders(false);
+    if (!Modal.openModalStacks.has(target)) {
+      target.classList.remove(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+    }
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/__tests__/Modal.test.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/__tests__/Modal.test.tsx
index 7c1c768008c..f4c4ea87feb 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/__tests__/Modal.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Modal/__tests__/Modal.test.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,28 @@ const ModalWithAdjacentModal = () => {
   );
 };
 
+const MultipleOpenModals = () => {
+  const [isFirstOpen, setIsFirstOpen] = useState(true);
+  const [isSecondOpen, setIsSecondOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <aside>Aside sibling</aside>
+      <Modal isOpen={isFirstOpen} appendTo={target} onClose={() => setIsFirstOpen(false)} aria-label="First modal">
+        <button onClick={() => setIsSecondOpen(true)}>Open second modal</button>
+      </Modal>
+      <Modal isOpen={isSecondOpen} appendTo={target} onClose={() => setIsSecondOpen(false)} aria-label="Second modal">
+        Second modal content
+      </Modal>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
 describe('Modal', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    Modal.openModalStacks = new Map();
+  });
+
   test('Modal creates a container element once for div', () => {
     render(<Modal {...props} />);
     expect(document.createElement).toHaveBeenCalledWith('div');
@@ -181,4 +202,135 @@ describe('Modal', () => {
       'pf-v6-l-bullseye'
     );
   });
+
+  test('backdropOpen class remains when closing one of multiple open modals', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<MultipleOpenModals />, { container: document.body.appendChild(target) });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open second modal' }));
+
+    expect(target).toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+
+    const closeButtons = screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: 'Close', hidden: true });
+    await user.click(closeButtons[closeButtons.length - 1]);
+
+    expect(target).toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+  });
+
+  test('backdropOpen class is removed when all modals are closed', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<MultipleOpenModals />, { container: document.body.appendChild(target) });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open second modal' }));
+
+    const closeButtons = screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: 'Close', hidden: true });
+    await user.click(closeButtons[closeButtons.length - 1]);
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }));
+
+    expect(target).not.toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+  });
+
+  test('only the most recent modal does not have aria-hidden when multiple modals are open', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<MultipleOpenModals />, { container: document.body.appendChild(target) });
+
+    const firstBackdrop = screen.getByLabelText('First modal').closest('[class*="backdrop"]');
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open second modal' }));
+
+    const secondBackdrop = screen.getByLabelText('Second modal').closest('[class*="backdrop"]');
+
+    expect(firstBackdrop).toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+    expect(secondBackdrop).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden');
+  });
+
+  test('closing the active modal reveals the previous modal', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<MultipleOpenModals />, { container: document.body.appendChild(target) });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open second modal' }));
+
+    const firstBackdrop = screen
+      .getByLabelText('First modal', { selector: '[role="dialog"]' })
+      .closest('[class*="backdrop"]');
+
+    expect(firstBackdrop).toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+
+    const closeButtons = screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: 'Close', hidden: true });
+    await user.click(closeButtons[closeButtons.length - 1]);
+
+    expect(firstBackdrop).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden');
+  });
+
+  test('modals with different appendTo targets have independent stacks', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const targetA = document.createElement('div');
+    const targetB = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(targetA);
+    document.body.appendChild(targetB);
+
+    const siblingA = document.createElement('aside');
+    siblingA.textContent = 'Sibling A';
+    targetA.appendChild(siblingA);
+
+    const siblingB = document.createElement('aside');
+    siblingB.textContent = 'Sibling B';
+    targetB.appendChild(siblingB);
+
+    const DistinctTargetModals = () => {
+      const [isAOpen, setIsAOpen] = useState(true);
+      const [isBOpen, setIsBOpen] = useState(true);
+
+      return (
+        <>
+          <Modal isOpen={isAOpen} appendTo={targetA} onClose={() => setIsAOpen(false)} aria-label="Modal A">
+            Modal A content
+          </Modal>
+          <Modal isOpen={isBOpen} appendTo={targetB} onClose={() => setIsBOpen(false)} aria-label="Modal B">
+            Modal B content
+          </Modal>
+        </>
+      );
+    };
+
+    render(<DistinctTargetModals />);
+
+    expect(siblingA).toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+    expect(siblingB).toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+    expect(targetA).toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+    expect(targetB).toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+
+    const closeButtons = screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: 'Close', hidden: true });
+    await user.click(closeButtons[1]);
+
+    expect(targetB).not.toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+    expect(siblingB).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden');
+
+    expect(targetA).toHaveClass(css(styles.backdropOpen));
+    expect(siblingA).toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+
+    document.body.removeChild(targetA);
+    document.body.removeChild(targetB);
+  });
+
+  test('unmounting a never-opened modal with a custom target does not leak a stack entry', () => {
+    const customTarget = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(customTarget);
+
+    const { unmount } = render(
+      <Modal isOpen={false} appendTo={customTarget} onClose={() => {}}>
+        Never opened
+      </Modal>
+    );
+
+    unmount();
+
+    expect(Modal.openModalStacks.has(customTarget)).toBe(false);
+
+    document.body.removeChild(customTarget);
+  });
 });