diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
index e04a87a7327fc11cb4b34aa0f880998657b75f32..bb6129158d968c24b7afc3f774e7a6b5dde66789 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
   &:focus {
     cursor: text;
     box-shadow: none;
-    border-color: $border-color;
+    border-color: lighten($dropdown-input-focus-border, 20%);
     color: $gray-darkest;
     background-color: $gray-light;
   }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/input-button-hover.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/input-button-hover.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cbb35adb7690e460838069a1017a5a035e5f0fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/input-button-hover.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Add hover state to MR comment reply button
+merge_request:
+author: