diff --git a/src/components/sidebar-navigation-link.tsx b/src/components/sidebar-navigation-link.tsx
index 4110255ed..cc8705a25 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar-navigation-link.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar-navigation-link.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const SidebarNavigationLink = React.forwardRef((props: ISidebarNavigationLink, r
       <span
         className={clsx({
           'relative rounded-lg inline-flex p-2.5 transition-colors duration-200': true,
-          'bg-primary-50 dark:bg-slate-700 black:bg-gray-900': !isActive,
+          'bg-primary-50 hover:bg-primary-100 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:hover:bg-slate-600 black:bg-gray-900 black:hover:bg-gray-800': !isActive,
           'bg-primary-600': isActive,
         })}
       >
diff --git a/src/components/status-action-button.tsx b/src/components/status-action-button.tsx
index 4c4a7d1b3..fdb25db3e 100644
--- a/src/components/status-action-button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/status-action-button.tsx
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ const StatusActionButton = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, IStatusActionButt
       ref={ref}
       type='button'
       className={clsx(
-        'flex items-center rounded-full p-1 rtl:space-x-reverse',
-        'focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary-500 focus:ring-offset-2 dark:ring-offset-0',
+        '-m-1 flex items-center rounded-full p-2 rtl:space-x-reverse',
+        'transition-all duration-200 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-primary-500 focus:ring-offset-2 dark:ring-offset-0',
         {
-          'text-gray-600 hover:text-gray-600 dark:hover:text-white bg-white dark:bg-transparent': theme === 'default',
+          'text-gray-600 hover:text-gray-800 dark:hover:text-white bg-white hover:bg-primary-100 dark:hover:bg-primary-800 dark:bg-transparent black:hover:bg-gray-800': theme === 'default',
           'text-white/80 hover:text-white bg-transparent dark:bg-transparent': theme === 'inverse',
           'text-black dark:text-white': active && emoji,
           'hover:text-gray-600 dark:hover:text-white': !filteredProps.disabled,