diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/star.js b/app/assets/javascripts/star.js
index 6d38124f1c1..3a06b477d7c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/star.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/star.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, wrap-iife, no-unused-vars, one-var, no-var, one-var-declaration-per-line, prefer-arrow-callback, no-new, max-len */
 /* global Flash */
 
+import { __, s__ } from './locale';
+
 export default class Star {
   constructor() {
     $('.project-home-panel .toggle-star').on('ajax:success', function(e, data, status, xhr) {
@@ -11,10 +13,10 @@ export default class Star {
       toggleStar = function(isStarred) {
         $this.parent().find('.star-count').text(data.star_count);
         if (isStarred) {
-          $starSpan.removeClass('starred').text('Star');
+          $starSpan.removeClass('starred').text(s__('StarProject|Star'));
           $starIcon.removeClass('fa-star').addClass('fa-star-o');
         } else {
-          $starSpan.addClass('starred').text('Unstar');
+          $starSpan.addClass('starred').text(__('Unstar'));
           $starIcon.removeClass('fa-star-o').addClass('fa-star');
         }
       };
diff --git a/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml b/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml
index e248676be0d..c82ae35a685 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/buttons/_star.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   = link_to toggle_star_project_path(@project), { class: 'btn star-btn toggle-star', method: :post, remote: true } do
     - if current_user.starred?(@project)
       = icon('star')
-      %span.starred=  _('Unstar')
+      %span.starred= _('Unstar')
     - else
       = icon('star-o')
       %span= s_('StarProject|Star')
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/35391-fix-star-i18n-in-js.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/35391-fix-star-i18n-in-js.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6fd4dc89fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/35391-fix-star-i18n-in-js.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fix translations for Star/Unstar in JS file
+merge_request:
+author: