diff --git a/packages/ketchup-react/package.json b/packages/ketchup-react/package.json
index 15c87da845..3237bc8134 100644
--- a/packages/ketchup-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/ketchup-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@sme.up/ketchup-react",
-    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "version": "6.6.0",
     "exports": "./dist/index.js",
     "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/ketchup/src/components/kup-tree/kup-tree.tsx b/packages/ketchup/src/components/kup-tree/kup-tree.tsx
index 127cb35213..b217fc659c 100644
--- a/packages/ketchup/src/components/kup-tree/kup-tree.tsx
+++ b/packages/ketchup/src/components/kup-tree/kup-tree.tsx
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ export class KupTree {
      */
     private columnMenuCard: HTMLKupCardElement = null;
     private treeWrapperRef: KupScrollOnHoverElement;
+    private selectedColumn: string = '';
     private clickTimeout: any[] = [];
     private globalFilterTimeout: number;
     private footer: { [index: string]: number };
@@ -1048,11 +1049,6 @@ export class KupTree {
             (this.expansionMode.toLowerCase() === KupTreeExpansionMode.NODE &&
                 !treeNodeData.expandable)
         ) {
-            const td = e
-                ? this.getEventPath(e.target).find((el) => {
-                      if (el.tagName === 'TD') return el;
-                  })
-                : null;
             // If this TreeNode is not disabled, then it can be selected and an event is emitted
             if (treeNodeData && !treeNodeData.disabled) {
                 this.selectedNode = treeNodePath
@@ -1067,6 +1063,7 @@ export class KupTree {
                     columnName: this.selectedColumn,
                 });
             }
+            this.selectedColumn = '';
         }
 
         // If KupTreeExpansionMode.NODE then click is a collapse/expand click
@@ -1585,18 +1582,12 @@ export class KupTree {
 
         // When can be expanded OR selected
         if (!treeNodeData.disabled) {
-            treeNodeOptions['onClick'] = (e: MouseEvent) => {
-                // Note: event must be cloned
-                // otherwise inside setTimeout will be exiting the Shadow DOM scope(causing loss of information, including target).
-                const clone: GenericObject = {};
-                for (const key in e) {
-                    clone[key] = e[key];
-                }
+            treeNodeOptions['onClick'] = () => {
                 this.clickTimeout.push(
                     setTimeout(
-                        () =>
+                        (e: MouseEvent) =>
                             this.hdlTreeNodeClick(
-                                clone as MouseEvent,
+                                e,
                                 treeNodeData,
                                 treeNodePath
                             ),
@@ -1609,10 +1600,6 @@ export class KupTree {
         // When a tree node is displayed as a table
         let treeNodeCells: JSX.Element[] | null = null;
         let visibleCols = this.getVisibleColumns();
-
-        const _hasTooltip: boolean = !this.kupManager.objects.isEmptyKupObj(
-            treeNodeData.obj
-        );
         if (this.showColumns && visibleCols && visibleCols.length) {
             treeNodeCells = [];
             // Renders all the cells