diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/index.scss b/src/files-and-videos/index.scss
index 58182fe2b..2e419559a 100644
--- a/src/files-and-videos/index.scss
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/index.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 @import "files-and-videos/videos-page/transcript-settings/TranscriptSettings";
 @import "files-and-videos/videos-page/VideoThumbnail";
+@import "files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect";
+@import "files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu";
 @import "files-and-videos/generic/table-components/GalleryCard";
 
 .files-table {
@@ -49,10 +51,10 @@
     .pgn__menu-item {
       width: 100%;
       justify-content: start;
+      font-weight: 400;
 
-      &.focus,
-      &:focus {
-        font-weight: 500;
+      &:hover {
+        background-color: $light-300;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/TranscriptTab.test.jsx b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/TranscriptTab.test.jsx
index 95dfaee24..d7a05d9ca 100644
--- a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/TranscriptTab.test.jsx
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/TranscriptTab.test.jsx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('TranscriptTab', () => {
           fireEvent.click(menuButton);
         });
 
-        const deleteButton = screen.getByText(transcriptRowMessages.deleteTranscript.defaultMessage).closest('a');
+        const deleteButton = screen.getByText(transcriptRowMessages.deleteTranscript.defaultMessage).closest('button');
         fireEvent.click(deleteButton);
       });
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ describe('TranscriptTab', () => {
         });
         downloadButton = screen.getByText(
           transcriptRowMessages.downloadTranscript.defaultMessage,
-        ).closest('a');
+        ).closest('button');
       });
 
       it('should download transcript', async () => {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ describe('TranscriptTab', () => {
         });
         const replaceButton = screen.getByText(
           transcriptRowMessages.replaceTranscript.defaultMessage,
-        ).closest('a');
+        ).closest('button');
         fireEvent.click(replaceButton);
       });
 
diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.jsx b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.jsx
index 91317d65b..e0ab163c6 100644
--- a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.jsx
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { Dropdown, Icon } from '@openedx/paragon';
-import { Check, ExpandMore } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
+
+import {
+  Button,
+  Icon,
+  ModalPopup,
+  Menu,
+  MenuItem,
+  useToggle,
+} from '@openedx/paragon';
+import { Check, ExpandMore, ExpandLess } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 
 const LanguageSelect = ({
@@ -12,47 +20,87 @@ const LanguageSelect = ({
   placeholderText,
 }) => {
   const currentSelection = isEmpty(value) ? placeholderText : options[value];
+
+  const [isOpen, , close, toggle] = useToggle();
+  const [target, setTarget] = useState(null);
+
   return (
-    <Dropdown>
-      <Dropdown.Toggle
-        variant="tertiary"
-        size="sm"
-        className="border border-gray-700 justify-content-between"
-        style={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
-        id={`language-select-dropdown-${currentSelection}`}
-        data-testid="language-select-dropdown"
+    <>
+      <div className="col-9 p-0">
+        <Button
+          variant="tertiary"
+          size="sm"
+          className="border border-gray-700 justify-content-between"
+          style={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
+          id={`language-select-dropdown-${currentSelection}`}
+          data-testid="language-select-dropdown"
+          iconAfter={isOpen ? ExpandLess : ExpandMore}
+          onClick={toggle}
+          ref={setTarget}
+        >
+          {currentSelection}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+      <ModalPopup
+        placement="bottom-end"
+        positionRef={target}
+        isOpen={isOpen}
+        onClose={close}
+        onEscapeKey={close}
       >
-        {currentSelection}
-      </Dropdown.Toggle>
-      <Dropdown.Menu className="m-0 position-fixed">
-        <div style={{ height: '230px', overflowY: 'scroll' }}>
-          {Object.entries(options).map(([valueKey, text]) => {
-            if (valueKey === value) {
+        <Menu
+          className="language-select"
+        >
+          <div>
+            {Object.entries(options).map(([valueKey, text]) => {
+              if (valueKey === value) {
+                return (
+                  <MenuItem
+                    as={Button}
+                    variant="tertiary"
+                    size="sm"
+                    key={`${valueKey}-item`}
+                  >
+                    <Icon size="inline" src={Check} />
+                    <span className="pl-1">{text}</span>
+                  </MenuItem>
+                );
+              }
+              if (!previousSelection.includes(valueKey)) {
+                return (
+                  <MenuItem
+                    as={Button}
+                    variant="tertiary"
+                    size="sm"
+                    onClick={() => {
+                      handleSelect(valueKey);
+                      close();
+                    }}
+                    key={`${valueKey}-item`}
+                  >
+                    <span className="pl-3">{text}</span>
+                  </MenuItem>
+                );
+              }
               return (
-                <Dropdown.Item className="small" key={`${valueKey}-item`}>
-                  <Icon size="inline" src={Check} className="m-n2" /><span className="pl-3">{text}</span>
-                </Dropdown.Item>
-              );
-            }
-            if (!previousSelection.includes(valueKey)) {
-              return (
-                <Dropdown.Item className="small" onClick={() => handleSelect(valueKey)} key={`${valueKey}-item`}>
+                <MenuItem
+                  disabled
+                  variant="tertiary"
+                  as={Button}
+                  size="sm"
+                  key={`${valueKey}-item`}
+                >
                   <span className="pl-3">{text}</span>
-                </Dropdown.Item>
+                </MenuItem>
               );
-            }
-            return (
-              <Dropdown.Item disabled className="small" key={`${valueKey}-item`}>
-                <span className="pl-3">{text}</span>
-              </Dropdown.Item>
-            );
-          })}
-        </div>
+            })}
+          </div>
+        </Menu>
         <div className="row justify-content-center">
           <Icon src={ExpandMore} size="xs" />
         </div>
-      </Dropdown.Menu>
-    </Dropdown>
+      </ModalPopup>
+    </>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.scss b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e42eb28a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/LanguageSelect.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.language-select {
+  padding: 8px 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  overflow-x: hidden;
+  max-height: 275px;
+  width: 300px;
+
+  @include pgn-box-shadow(2, "down");
+
+  .pgn__menu-item {
+    width: 100%;
+    justify-content: start;
+    font-weight: 400;
+
+    &:hover {
+      background-color: $light-300;
+    }
+
+    .pgn__menu-item-text {
+      display: flex;
+      align-items: center;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/Transcript.jsx b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/Transcript.jsx
index cb0a9f67c..88e435f98 100644
--- a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/Transcript.jsx
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/Transcript.jsx
@@ -84,15 +84,13 @@ const Transcript = ({
           key={`transcript-${language}`}
           data-testid={`transcript-${language}`}
         >
-          <div className="col-9 p-0">
-            <LanguageSelect
-              options={languages}
-              value={newLanguage}
-              placeholderText={intl.formatMessage(messages.languageSelectPlaceholder)}
-              previousSelection={previousSelection}
-              handleSelect={updateLangauge}
-            />
-          </div>
+          <LanguageSelect
+            options={languages}
+            value={newLanguage}
+            placeholderText={intl.formatMessage(messages.languageSelectPlaceholder)}
+            previousSelection={previousSelection}
+            handleSelect={updateLangauge}
+          />
           { transcript === '' ? (
             <IconButton
               iconAs={Icon}
diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.jsx b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.jsx
index 3071acbf2..aa3784bd6 100644
--- a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.jsx
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { FormattedMessage, injectIntl } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
-import { Dropdown, Icon, IconButton } from '@openedx/paragon';
+import {
+  Button,
+  Icon,
+  IconButton,
+  ModalPopup,
+  Menu,
+  MenuItem,
+  useToggle,
+} from '@openedx/paragon';
 import { MoreHoriz } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
 
 import messages from './messages';
@@ -11,36 +19,59 @@ export const TranscriptActionMenu = ({
   launchDeleteConfirmation,
   handleTranscript,
   input,
-}) => (
-  <Dropdown>
-    <Dropdown.Toggle
-      id="dropdown-toggle-with-iconbutton-video-transcript-widget"
-      as={IconButton}
-      src={MoreHoriz}
-      iconAs={Icon}
-      variant="primary"
-      alt="Actions dropdown"
-      data-testid={`${language}-transcript-menu`}
-    />
-    <Dropdown.Menu className="video_transcript position-fixed">
-      <Dropdown.Item
-        key={`transcript-actions-${language}-replace`}
-        onClick={input.click}
+}) => {
+  const [isOpen, , close, toggle] = useToggle();
+  const [target, setTarget] = useState(null);
+  return (
+    <>
+      <IconButton
+        src={MoreHoriz}
+        iconAs={Icon}
+        onClick={toggle}
+        ref={setTarget}
+        alt="Actions dropdown"
+        data-testid={`${language}-transcript-menu`}
+      />
+      <ModalPopup
+        placement="bottom-end"
+        positionRef={target}
+        isOpen={isOpen}
+        onClose={close}
+        onEscapeKey={close}
       >
-        <FormattedMessage {...messages.replaceTranscript} />
-      </Dropdown.Item>
-      <Dropdown.Item
-        key={`transcript-actions-${language}-download`}
-        onClick={() => handleTranscript({ language }, 'download')}
-      >
-        <FormattedMessage {...messages.downloadTranscript} />
-      </Dropdown.Item>
-      <Dropdown.Item key={`transcript-actions-${language}-delete`} onClick={launchDeleteConfirmation}>
-        <FormattedMessage {...messages.deleteTranscript} />
-      </Dropdown.Item>
-    </Dropdown.Menu>
-  </Dropdown>
-);
+        <Menu
+          className="transcript-menu"
+        >
+          <MenuItem
+            as={Button}
+            variant="tertiary"
+            key={`transcript-actions-${language}-replace`}
+            onClick={input.click}
+          >
+            <FormattedMessage {...messages.replaceTranscript} />
+          </MenuItem>
+          <MenuItem
+            as={Button}
+            variant="tertiary"
+            key={`transcript-actions-${language}-download`}
+            onClick={() => handleTranscript({ language }, 'download')}
+          >
+            <FormattedMessage {...messages.downloadTranscript} />
+          </MenuItem>
+          <hr className="my-2" />
+          <MenuItem
+            as={Button}
+            variant="tertiary"
+            key={`transcript-actions-${language}-delete`}
+            onClick={launchDeleteConfirmation}
+          >
+            <FormattedMessage {...messages.deleteTranscript} />
+          </MenuItem>
+        </Menu>
+      </ModalPopup>
+    </>
+  );
+};
 
 TranscriptActionMenu.propTypes = {
   language: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
diff --git a/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.scss b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a21a8d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/files-and-videos/videos-page/info-sidebar/transcript-item/TranscriptMenu.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.transcript-menu {
+  padding: 8px 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  width: 250px;
+
+  @include pgn-box-shadow(2, "down");
+
+  .pgn__menu-item {
+    width: 100%;
+    justify-content: start;
+    font-weight: 400;
+
+    &:hover {
+      background-color: $light-300;
+    }
+  }
+}