diff --git a/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
index 3a5af2723c6..f8d856fe152 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
           such as compressing file revisions and removing unreachable objects.
     .col-lg-9
       = link_to 'Housekeeping', housekeeping_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project),
-          method: :post, class: "btn btn-save"
+          method: :post, class: "btn btn-default"
   %hr
   .row.prepend-top-default
     .col-lg-3
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/25324-change-housekeeping-btn-to-default.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/25324-change-housekeeping-btn-to-default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0770f9752a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/25324-change-housekeeping-btn-to-default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Changed Housekeeping button on project settings page to default styling
+merge_request: 
+author: Ryan Harris