diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index c2e811a6ef..9cefeb2312 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Changelog
  * Base project template now populates the meta description tag from the search description field (Aman Pandey)
  * Added support for `azure-mgmt-cdn` version >= 10 and `azure-mgmt-frontdoor` version >= 1 in the frontend cache invalidator (Sylvain Fankhauser)
  * Add a system check to warn when a `django-storages` backend is configured to allow overwriting (Rishabh jain)
+ * Update admin focus outline color to have higher contrast against white backgrounds (Thibaud Colas)
  * Fix: Make sure workflow timeline icons are visible in high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
  * Fix: Ensure authentication forms (login, password reset) have a visible border in Windows high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
  * Fix: Ensure visual consistency between buttons and links as buttons in Windows high-contrast mode (Albina Starykova)
diff --git a/client/scss/components/_button.scss b/client/scss/components/_button.scss
index c38a4aeaa4..0deae4e1b4 100644
--- a/client/scss/components/_button.scss
+++ b/client/scss/components/_button.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   display: inline-block;
   background-color: $color-button;
   border: 1px solid $color-button;
+  outline-offset: $focus-outline-width;
   color: $color-white;
   text-decoration: none;
   white-space: nowrap;
diff --git a/client/scss/components/_dropdown.legacy.scss b/client/scss/components/_dropdown.legacy.scss
index f55865100d..1009ea4d94 100644
--- a/client/scss/components/_dropdown.legacy.scss
+++ b/client/scss/components/_dropdown.legacy.scss
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
     li .button {
       background-color: $color-white;
       color: $color-button;
+      outline-offset: $focus-outline-width;
       border: 0;
 
       &:hover {
diff --git a/client/scss/settings/_variables.scss b/client/scss/settings/_variables.scss
index e603f5466e..f06a252739 100644
--- a/client/scss/settings/_variables.scss
+++ b/client/scss/settings/_variables.scss
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ $color-link-hover: $color-teal-dark;
 
 // The focus outline color is defined without reusing a named color variable
 // because it shouldn’t be reused for anything else in the UI.
-$color-focus-outline: #ffbf47;
+$color-focus-outline: #009072;
 
 // System Colors
 $media-forced-colours: active;
diff --git a/docs/releases/4.2.md b/docs/releases/4.2.md
index 7e0cdd8d48..9d0d22f5da 100644
--- a/docs/releases/4.2.md
+++ b/docs/releases/4.2.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ This feature was developed by Jake Howard.
  * Base project template now populates the meta description tag from the search description field (Aman Pandey)
  * Added support for `azure-mgmt-cdn` version >= 10 and `azure-mgmt-frontdoor` version >= 1 in the frontend cache invalidator (Sylvain Fankhauser)
  * Add a system check to warn when a `django-storages` backend is configured to allow overwriting (Rishabh jain)
+ * Update admin focus outline color to have higher contrast against white backgrounds (Thibaud Colas)
 
 ### Bug fixes