diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts
index dd62a125e53..e4909bd1527 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Logs/getLogRowStyles.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { styleMixins, stylesFactory } from '../../themes';
 
 export const getLogRowStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme2, logLevel?: LogLevel) => {
   let logColor = theme.isLight ? theme.v1.palette.gray5 : theme.v1.palette.gray2;
-  const hoverBgColor = styleMixins.hoverColor(theme.colors.background.primary, theme);
+  const hoverBgColor = styleMixins.hoverColor(theme.colors.background.secondary, theme);
 
   switch (logLevel) {
     case LogLevel.crit: