diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/MessageContextMenu.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/MessageContextMenu.qml
index 46496a19dc..46d232c916 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/MessageContextMenu.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/components/MessageContextMenu.qml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PopupMenu {
         visible: messageContextMenu.isProfile
         width: 200
         height: visible ? profileImage.height + username.height + Style.current.padding : 0
-        color: hovered ? Style.current.secondaryBackground : Style.current.transparent
+        color: hovered ? Style.current.backgroundHover : Style.current.transparent
 
         StatusImageIdenticon {
             id: profileImage
diff --git a/ui/shared/PopupMenu.qml b/ui/shared/PopupMenu.qml
index 73c1da6340..c74b2dcebb 100644
--- a/ui/shared/PopupMenu.qml
+++ b/ui/shared/PopupMenu.qml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Menu {
         background: Rectangle {
             implicitWidth: 220
             implicitHeight: enabled ? 24 : 0
-            color: popupMenuItem.highlighted ? popupMenuItem.hoverColor : "transparent"
+            color: popupMenuItem.hovered ? popupMenuItem.hoverColor : "transparent"
         }
         MouseArea {
             cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor