diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss
index bf8eb4c1f06f444ea5c1ce3428a734b20f44aa22..4a528bc2bb1302d30ab4a3678c03a53be47e3b1b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@
     width: 298px;
   }
 
-
   @media (max-width: $screen-xs-max) {
     display: flex;
     width: 100%;
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml
index 331d62cf247536c93bbeb8bf74658f136ba37085..37b00a14fc635d539c5ee7f513aff5f023bb70f2 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
         %span.text
           Checking branch availability…
     .btn-group.available.hide
-      %button.btn.js-create-merge-request.btn-default{ type: 'button', data: { action: data_action } }
+      %button.btn.js-create-merge-request.btn-success.btn-inverted{ type: 'button', data: { action: data_action } }
         = value
 
-      %button.btn.create-merge-request-dropdown-toggle.dropdown-toggle.btn-default.js-dropdown-toggle{ type: 'button', data: { dropdown: { trigger: '#create-merge-request-dropdown' } } }
+      %button.btn.create-merge-request-dropdown-toggle.dropdown-toggle.btn-success.btn-inverted.js-dropdown-toggle{ type: 'button', data: { dropdown: { trigger: '#create-merge-request-dropdown' } } }
         = icon('caret-down')
 
       %ul#create-merge-request-dropdown.create-merge-request-dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-align-right.gl-show-field-errors{ data: { dropdown: true } }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-improve-issue-note-dropdown.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-improve-issue-note-dropdown.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aaf4811c64acc7cd5bffeb8c69b401a4171b15dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-improve-issue-note-dropdown.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Improve issue note dropdown and mr button
+merge_request: 16758
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: changed