diff --git a/app/views/projects/runners/_specific_runners.html.haml b/app/views/projects/runners/_specific_runners.html.haml
index 6c11ce3b394..314af44490e 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/runners/_specific_runners.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/runners/_specific_runners.html.haml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
   %h4.underlined-title Available specific runners
   %ul.bordered-list.available-specific-runners
     = render partial: 'projects/runners/runner', collection: @assignable_runners, as: :runner
-  = paginate @assignable_runners, theme: "gitlab"
+  = paginate @assignable_runners, theme: "gitlab", :params => { :anchor => '#js-runners-settings' }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/42754-runners-pagination.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/42754-runners-pagination.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e77b857538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/42754-runners-pagination.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Does not collapse runners section when using pagination
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: fixed