diff --git a/app/views/shared/icons/_mr_bold.svg b/app/views/shared/icons/_mr_bold.svg
index 2daa55a8652..5468545da2e 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/icons/_mr_bold.svg
+++ b/app/views/shared/icons/_mr_bold.svg
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
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+
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/replace_header_mr_icon.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/replace_header_mr_icon.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ef6500f88a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/replace_header_mr_icon.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Replace header merge request icon
+merge_request: 10932
+author: blackst0ne