diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index c12794aaace..98c70223566 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                 </span>
             </ng-container>
 
-            <div class="p-dropdown-trigger" role="button" aria-label="dropdown trigger" aria-haspopup="listbox" [attr.aria-expanded]="overlayVisible ?? false" [attr.data-pc-section]="'trigger'">
+            <div class="p-dropdown-trigger" role="button" aria-label="dropdown trigger" (mousedown)="$event.preventDefault()" aria-haspopup="listbox" [attr.aria-expanded]="overlayVisible ?? false" [attr.data-pc-section]="'trigger'">
                 <ng-container *ngIf="loading; else elseBlock">
                     <ng-container *ngIf="loadingIconTemplate">
                         <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="loadingIconTemplate"></ng-container>