diff --git a/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss b/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss
index 8f5c2e7b317..554b42a7b5a 100644
--- a/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss
+++ b/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss
@@ -2056,6 +2056,9 @@ $footer-link-color: $bg-inverse-link-color !default;
     width: 100%;
     color: $body-color;
 }
+.dropdown-item:active a {
+    color: $dropdown-link-active-color;
+}
 
 .competency-tree {
     ul {
@@ -2252,4 +2255,4 @@ $switch-transition: .2s all !default;
 
 .position-right {
     right: 0 !important; /* stylelint-disable-line declaration-no-important */
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/theme/boost/style/moodle.css b/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
index a16db3b1024..a083d608c85 100644
--- a/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
+++ b/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
@@ -10379,6 +10379,9 @@ ul {
   width: 100%;
   color: #373a3c; }
 
+.dropdown-item:active a {
+  color: #fff; }
+
 .competency-tree ul {
   padding-left: 1.5rem; }