diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notifications_dropdown.js b/app/assets/javascripts/notifications_dropdown.js
index 6aed2492084094a91f349568c9c5f10e51d58555..08545dcea463ef4586622a76f11ef1d4874aedb2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notifications_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notifications_dropdown.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import $ from 'jquery';
 import Flash from './flash';
+import { __ } from '~/locale';
 
 export default function notificationsDropdown() {
   $(document).on('click', '.update-notification', function updateNotificationCallback(e) {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export default function notificationsDropdown() {
         .closest('.js-notification-dropdown')
         .replaceWith(data.html);
     } else {
-      Flash('Failed to save new settings', 'alert');
+      Flash(__('Failed to save new settings'), 'alert');
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/localize-notification-dropdown.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/localize-notification-dropdown.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9599aaf344bf3a893cc7cfc747c1d7ec2ad12d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/localize-notification-dropdown.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Localize notifications dropdown
+merge_request: 26844
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 27dd698af86d51c271a391da1c569c8425482afd..35b11f4aecedfb66fec727b19da042ab47635821 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -4366,6 +4366,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Failed to reset key. Please try again."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Failed to save new settings"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Failed to signing using smartcard authentication"
 msgstr ""