diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-button.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-button.tsx
index 7a961702d..32ab4e20a 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-button.tsx
@@ -4,48 +4,66 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 
-import React, { Fragment, useCallback, useState } from 'react'
-import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import React, { Fragment, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { Button, Overlay } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { ForkAwesomeIcon } from '../../../../common/fork-awesome/fork-awesome-icon'
-import { EmojiPicker } from './emoji-picker'
+import { EmojiPickerPopover } from './emoji-picker-popover'
 import { cypressId } from '../../../../../utils/cypress-attribute'
 import type { EmojiClickEventDetail } from 'emoji-picker-element/shared'
-import { Optional } from '@mrdrogdrog/optional'
 import { useChangeEditorContentCallback } from '../../../change-content-context/use-change-editor-content-callback'
 import { replaceSelection } from '../formatters/replace-selection'
 import { extractEmojiShortCode } from './extract-emoji-short-code'
+import styles from './emoji-picker.module.scss'
+import type { OverlayInjectedProps } from 'react-bootstrap/Overlay'
 
 /**
  * Renders a button to open the emoji picker.
- * @see EmojiPicker
+ * @see EmojiPickerPopover
  */
 export const EmojiPickerButton: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const [showEmojiPicker, setShowEmojiPicker] = useState(false)
   const changeEditorContent = useChangeEditorContentCallback()
+  const buttonRef = useRef(null)
 
   const onEmojiSelected = useCallback(
     (emojiClickEvent: EmojiClickEventDetail) => {
       setShowEmojiPicker(false)
-      Optional.ofNullable(extractEmojiShortCode(emojiClickEvent)).ifPresent((shortCode) => {
+      const shortCode = extractEmojiShortCode(emojiClickEvent)
+      if (shortCode) {
         changeEditorContent?.(({ currentSelection }) => replaceSelection(currentSelection, shortCode, false))
-      })
+      }
     },
     [changeEditorContent]
   )
   const hidePicker = useCallback(() => setShowEmojiPicker(false), [])
   const showPicker = useCallback(() => setShowEmojiPicker(true), [])
 
+  const createPopoverElement = useCallback<(props: OverlayInjectedProps) => React.ReactElement>(
+    (props) => <EmojiPickerPopover {...props} className={styles.tooltip} onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected} />,
+    [onEmojiSelected]
+  )
+
   return (
     <Fragment>
-      <EmojiPicker show={showEmojiPicker} onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected} onDismiss={hidePicker} />
+      <Overlay
+        show={showEmojiPicker}
+        onHide={hidePicker}
+        placement={'auto'}
+        flip={true}
+        target={buttonRef.current}
+        rootClose={true}
+        offset={[0, 0]}>
+        {createPopoverElement}
+      </Overlay>
       <Button
         {...cypressId('show-emoji-picker')}
         variant='light'
         onClick={showPicker}
         title={t('editor.editorToolbar.emoji')}
-        disabled={!changeEditorContent}>
+        disabled={!changeEditorContent}
+        ref={buttonRef}>
         <ForkAwesomeIcon icon='smile-o' />
       </Button>
     </Fragment>
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-popover.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-popover.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ccf7e1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker-popover.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import { Picker } from 'emoji-picker-element'
+import type { CustomEmoji, EmojiClickEvent, EmojiClickEventDetail } from 'emoji-picker-element/shared'
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useIsDarkModeActivated } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-is-dark-mode-activated'
+import styles from './emoji-picker.module.scss'
+import forkawesomeIcon from './forkawesome.png'
+import { ForkAwesomeIcons } from '../../../../common/fork-awesome/fork-awesome-icons'
+import fontStyles from '../../../../../../global-styles/variables.module.scss'
+import { Popover } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import type { PopoverProps } from 'react-bootstrap/Popover'
+
+const customEmojis: CustomEmoji[] = ForkAwesomeIcons.map((name) => ({
+  name: `fa-${name}`,
+  shortcodes: [`fa-${name.toLowerCase()}`],
+  url: forkawesomeIcon.src,
+  category: 'ForkAwesome'
+}))
+
+const EMOJI_DATA_PATH = '_next/static/js/emoji-data.json'
+
+const emojiPickerConfig = {
+  customEmoji: customEmojis,
+  dataSource: EMOJI_DATA_PATH
+}
+
+const twemojiStyle = (): HTMLStyleElement => {
+  const style = document.createElement('style')
+  style.textContent = `section.picker { --font-family: ${fontStyles['font-family-emojis']} !important; }`
+  return style
+}
+
+export interface EmojiPickerProps extends PopoverProps {
+  onEmojiSelected: (emoji: EmojiClickEventDetail) => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders the emoji picker.
+ *
+ * @param show If the emoji picker should be shown
+ * @param onEmojiSelected The callback, that will be called if an emoji is selected
+ * @param onDismiss The callback, that will be called if the picker should be closed.
+ * @external {Picker} https://www.npmjs.com/package/emoji-picker-element
+ */
+export const EmojiPickerPopover = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, EmojiPickerProps>(
+  ({ onEmojiSelected, ...props }, ref) => {
+    const darkModeEnabled = useIsDarkModeActivated()
+    const pickerContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+    const pickerRef = useRef<Picker>()
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (!pickerContainerRef.current) {
+        return
+      }
+      const picker = new Picker(emojiPickerConfig)
+      if (picker.shadowRoot) {
+        picker.shadowRoot.appendChild(twemojiStyle())
+      }
+      pickerContainerRef.current.appendChild(picker)
+
+      pickerRef.current = picker
+      return () => {
+        picker.remove()
+        pickerRef.current = undefined
+      }
+    }, [])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (!pickerRef.current) {
+        return
+      }
+      const emojiClick = (event: EmojiClickEvent): void => {
+        onEmojiSelected(event.detail)
+      }
+      const picker = pickerRef.current
+      picker.addEventListener('emoji-click', emojiClick, true)
+      return () => {
+        picker.removeEventListener('emoji-click', emojiClick, true)
+      }
+    }, [onEmojiSelected])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (!pickerRef.current) {
+        return
+      }
+      pickerRef.current.setAttribute('class', darkModeEnabled ? 'dark' : 'light')
+      if (darkModeEnabled) {
+        pickerRef.current.removeAttribute('style')
+      } else {
+        pickerRef.current.setAttribute('style', '--background: #f8f9fa')
+      }
+    }, [darkModeEnabled])
+
+    return (
+      <Popover {...props} ref={ref} className={styles.tooltip}>
+        <Popover.Body>
+          <div ref={pickerContainerRef} />
+        </Popover.Body>
+      </Popover>
+    )
+  }
+)
+EmojiPickerPopover.displayName = 'EmojiPickerPopover'
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.module.scss b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.module.scss
index 12794da5f..a184d81d7 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.module.scss
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.module.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 
-.emoji-picker-container {
-  z-index: 1111;
+.tooltip {
+  &, :global(body.dark) & {
+    --bs-popover-max-width: 100%;
+    --bs-popover-body-padding-y: 0;
+    --bs-popover-body-padding-x: 0;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.tsx b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ee28b10e..000000000
--- a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/emoji-picker/emoji-picker.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-import { Picker } from 'emoji-picker-element'
-import type { CustomEmoji, EmojiClickEvent, EmojiClickEventDetail } from 'emoji-picker-element/shared'
-import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
-import { useClickAway } from 'react-use'
-import { useIsDarkModeActivated } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-is-dark-mode-activated'
-import styles from './emoji-picker.module.scss'
-import forkawesomeIcon from './forkawesome.png'
-import { ForkAwesomeIcons } from '../../../../common/fork-awesome/fork-awesome-icons'
-import fontStyles from '../../../../../../global-styles/variables.module.scss'
-
-const customEmojis: CustomEmoji[] = ForkAwesomeIcons.map((name) => ({
-  name: `fa-${name}`,
-  shortcodes: [`fa-${name.toLowerCase()}`],
-  url: forkawesomeIcon.src,
-  category: 'ForkAwesome'
-}))
-
-const EMOJI_DATA_PATH = '_next/static/js/emoji-data.json'
-
-const emojiPickerConfig = {
-  customEmoji: customEmojis,
-  dataSource: EMOJI_DATA_PATH
-}
-
-const twemojiStyle = (): HTMLStyleElement => {
-  const style = document.createElement('style')
-  style.textContent = `section.picker { --font-family: ${fontStyles['font-family-emojis']} !important; }`
-  return style
-}
-
-export interface EmojiPickerProps {
-  show: boolean
-  onEmojiSelected: (emoji: EmojiClickEventDetail) => void
-  onDismiss: () => void
-}
-
-/**
- * Renders the emoji picker.
- *
- * @param show If the emoji picker should be shown
- * @param onEmojiSelected The callback, that will be called if an emoji is selected
- * @param onDismiss The callback, that will be called if the picker should be closed.
- * @external {Picker} https://www.npmjs.com/package/emoji-picker-element
- */
-export const EmojiPicker: React.FC<EmojiPickerProps> = ({ show, onEmojiSelected, onDismiss }) => {
-  const darkModeEnabled = useIsDarkModeActivated()
-  const pickerContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const pickerRef = useRef<Picker>()
-
-  useClickAway(pickerContainerRef, () => {
-    onDismiss()
-  })
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!pickerContainerRef.current) {
-      return
-    }
-    const picker = new Picker(emojiPickerConfig)
-    if (picker.shadowRoot) {
-      picker.shadowRoot.appendChild(twemojiStyle())
-    }
-    pickerContainerRef.current.appendChild(picker)
-
-    pickerRef.current = picker
-    return () => {
-      picker.remove()
-      pickerRef.current = undefined
-    }
-  }, [])
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!pickerRef.current) {
-      return
-    }
-    const emojiClick = (event: EmojiClickEvent): void => {
-      onEmojiSelected(event.detail)
-    }
-    const picker = pickerRef.current
-    picker.addEventListener('emoji-click', emojiClick, true)
-    return () => {
-      picker.removeEventListener('emoji-click', emojiClick, true)
-    }
-  }, [onEmojiSelected])
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!pickerRef.current) {
-      return
-    }
-    pickerRef.current.setAttribute('class', darkModeEnabled ? 'dark' : 'light')
-    if (darkModeEnabled) {
-      pickerRef.current.removeAttribute('style')
-    } else {
-      pickerRef.current.setAttribute('style', '--background: #f8f9fa')
-    }
-  }, [darkModeEnabled])
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={`position-absolute ${styles['emoji-picker-container']} ${!show ? 'd-none' : ''}`}
-      ref={pickerContainerRef}
-    />
-  )
-}