diff --git a/.eslintrc.default.js b/.eslintrc.default.js
index ca2760c687c..3abd08eb2b2 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.default.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.default.js
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ module.exports = {
     'vue/one-component-per-file':       'off',
     'vue/no-deprecated-slot-attribute': 'off',
     'vue/require-explicit-emits':       'error',
-    'vue/v-on-event-hyphenation':       'off'
+    'vue/v-on-event-hyphenation':       'off',
+
+    // Locally defined rules, you can find these defined in the `eslint-local-rules` directory.
+    'v-clean-tooltip': 'error',
   },
   overrides: [
     {
diff --git a/eslint-local-rules/v-clean-tooltip.js b/eslint-local-rules/v-clean-tooltip.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f43105a5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint-local-rules/v-clean-tooltip.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Currently loading these rules with the --rulesdir argument. In the future we could make use of `eslint-plugin-local-rules`.
+const vueUtils = require('eslint-plugin-vue/lib/utils');
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    type:   'problem',
+    docs:   { description: 'We want to use `v-clean-tooltip` instead of `v-tooltip` in most all areas to avoid XSS exploits.' },
+    schema: [],
+  },
+  create(context) {
+    return vueUtils.defineTemplateBodyVisitor(context, {
+      VAttribute(node) {
+        // v-tooltip is a VDirectiveKey
+        if (node?.key?.type !== 'VDirectiveKey') {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // v-tooltip is also a VIdentifier
+        if (node.key.name.type !== 'VIdentifier') {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (node.key.name.name === 'tooltip') {
+          context.report({
+            node:    node.key,
+            loc:     node.loc,
+            message: 'We want to use `v-clean-tooltip` instead of `v-tooltip` in most all areas to avoid XSS exploits.'
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e8ab5ede69..7c8cf352314 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "serve-pkgs": "./shell/scripts/serve-pkgs",
     "publish-shell-reset-reg": "cd shell && npm publish",
     "clean": "./shell/scripts/clean",
-    "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint --max-warnings 0 --ext .js,.ts,.vue .",
+    "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint --rulesdir ./eslint-local-rules --max-warnings 0 --ext .js,.ts,.vue .",
     "lint:lib": "cd pkg/rancher-components && yarn lint",
     "lint-l10n": "./node_modules/.bin/yamllint ./shell/assets/translations",
     "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192 jest --watch",
diff --git a/pkg/rancher-components/package.json b/pkg/rancher-components/package.json
index fa0be8f1c1b..fc06b9a0d94 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-components/package.json
+++ b/pkg/rancher-components/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "build:lib": "vue-cli-service build --target lib --name @rancher/components src/main.ts",
-    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint"
+    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint --rulesdir ../../eslint-local-rules"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20.0.0"