diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar.scss
index e2bbcc67a67..2193e8e8de3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar.scss
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     }
 
     .avatar-container {
-      margin-right: 0;
+      margin: 0 auto;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/align-collapsed-sidebar-avatar-container.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/align-collapsed-sidebar-avatar-container.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db68ed10a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/align-collapsed-sidebar-avatar-container.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Align collapsed sidebar avatar container
+merge_request: 22044
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: other