diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss
index d5914b900e217ee5086876cc4a1f5ddf94801fdf..b1422944926632e4fd58ade14a2d92d135e24ec9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@
     &.is-focused {
       background-color: $dropdown-link-hover-bg;
       text-decoration: none;
-      outline: 0;
     }
 
     &.dropdown-menu-empty-link {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/24824-dropdown-items-focus.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/24824-dropdown-items-focus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..66970c2a9a58f26d0e4a031fc596b854749770bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/24824-dropdown-items-focus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Add focus state to dropdown items
+merge_request: 
+author: