diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss
index 0cad9d9be73f9052056b8b7c5fe7d4159c61ad9a..4367b8c1a15e0e93578154e021f988f51023e529 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ $new-sidebar-collapsed-width: 50px;
 
       &:hover {
         color: $gl-text-color;
+
+        svg {
+          fill: $gl-text-color;
+        }
       }
     }