diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/commits/components/author_select.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/commits/components/author_select.vue
index 78f9389b80c1b7d223c2a5f7a7a8310700f4c9a8..eb514b5c0702f5c0a11560858c404b4e9a0cf02b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/projects/commits/components/author_select.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects/commits/components/author_select.vue
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export default {
     <gl-new-dropdown
       :text="dropdownText"
       :disabled="hasSearchParam"
+      toggle-class="gl-py-3"
       class="gl-dropdown w-100 mt-2 mt-sm-0"
     >
       <gl-new-dropdown-header>
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/216091-align-author-dropdown-height.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/216091-align-author-dropdown-height.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bc1f2f058f30a30d7c6f0b74b4e07d977f5ba7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/216091-align-author-dropdown-height.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix misalignment of author dropdown on the commits search page
+merge_request: 31686
+author:
+type: other