diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/components/MatchColumnToFieldSelect.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/components/MatchColumnToFieldSelect.tsx
index 9a80e9eba..b84a09da5 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/components/MatchColumnToFieldSelect.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/components/MatchColumnToFieldSelect.tsx
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export const MatchColumnToFieldSelect = ({
         )
       }
       onClickOutside={handleClickOutside}
+      isDropdownInModal
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/steps/components/MatchColumnsStep/components/SubMatchingSelectRowRightDropdown.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/steps/components/MatchColumnsStep/components/SubMatchingSelectRowRightDropdown.tsx
index 627c97078..c28195cf1 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/steps/components/MatchColumnsStep/components/SubMatchingSelectRowRightDropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/spreadsheet-import/steps/components/MatchColumnsStep/components/SubMatchingSelectRowRightDropdown.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const SubMatchingSelectRowRightDropdown = <T extends string>({
             onOptionSelected={handleSelect}
           />
         }
+        isDropdownInModal
       />
     </StyledDropdownContainer>
   );
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/constants/RootStackingContextZIndices.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/constants/RootStackingContextZIndices.ts
index 508636c5e..5a71a8720 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/constants/RootStackingContextZIndices.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/constants/RootStackingContextZIndices.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 export enum RootStackingContextZIndices {
   CommandMenu = 21,
   CommandMenuButton = 22,
+  DropdownPortalBelowModal = 38,
   RootModalBackDrop = 39,
   RootModal = 40,
-  DropdownPortal = 50,
+  DropdownPortalAboveModal = 50,
   Dialog = 9999,
   SnackBar = 10002,
   NotFound = 10001,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/Dropdown.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/Dropdown.tsx
index cb2ceff27..82579d934 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/Dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/Dropdown.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export type DropdownProps = {
   onClose?: () => void;
   onOpen?: () => void;
   excludedClickOutsideIds?: string[];
+  isDropdownInModal?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const Dropdown = ({
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export const Dropdown = ({
   onOpen,
   clickableComponentWidth = 'auto',
   excludedClickOutsideIds,
+  isDropdownInModal = false,
 }: DropdownProps) => {
   const { isDropdownOpen, toggleDropdown } = useDropdown(dropdownId);
 
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ export const Dropdown = ({
               onClickOutside={onClickOutside}
               onHotkeyTriggered={toggleDropdown}
               excludedClickOutsideIds={excludedClickOutsideIds}
+              isDropdownInModal={isDropdownInModal}
             />
           )}
           <DropdownOnToggleEffect
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/__stories__/Dropdown.stories.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/__stories__/Dropdown.stories.tsx
index 9af6e4df5..155917cb1 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/__stories__/Dropdown.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/__stories__/Dropdown.stories.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
 import { DropdownMenuSkeletonItem } from '@/ui/input/relation-picker/components/skeletons/DropdownMenuSkeletonItem';
 
 import { DropdownMenuHeaderLeftComponent } from '@/ui/layout/dropdown/components/DropdownMenuHeader/internal/DropdownMenuHeaderLeftComponent';
+import { Modal } from '@/ui/layout/modal/components/Modal';
+import { ModalHotkeyScope } from '@/ui/layout/modal/components/types/ModalHotkeyScope';
+import { isModalOpenedComponentState } from '@/ui/layout/modal/states/isModalOpenedComponentState';
+import { focusStackState } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/states/focusStackState';
+import { FocusComponentType } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/types/FocusComponentType';
+import { currentHotkeyScopeState } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/states/internal/currentHotkeyScopeState';
+import { internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/states/internal/internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState';
+import { SetRecoilState } from 'recoil';
 import { Avatar, IconChevronLeft } from 'twenty-ui/display';
 import { Button } from 'twenty-ui/input';
 import {
@@ -15,6 +23,8 @@ import {
   MenuItemSelectAvatar,
 } from 'twenty-ui/navigation';
 import { ComponentDecorator } from 'twenty-ui/testing';
+import { I18nFrontDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/I18nFrontDecorator';
+import { RootDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/RootDecorator';
 import { Dropdown } from '../Dropdown';
 import { DropdownMenuHeader } from '../DropdownMenuHeader/DropdownMenuHeader';
 import { DropdownMenuInput } from '../DropdownMenuInput';
@@ -321,3 +331,96 @@ export const CheckableMenuItemWithAvatar: Story = {
   },
   play: playInteraction,
 };
+
+const modalId = 'dropdown-modal-test';
+
+const ModalWithDropdown = () => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Modal modalId={modalId} size="medium" padding="medium" isClosable={true}>
+        <Modal.Header>Modal with Dropdown Test</Modal.Header>
+        <Modal.Content>
+          <p>
+            This modal contains a dropdown that should appear above the modal
+            (higher z-index).
+          </p>
+          <div style={{ marginTop: '20px' }}>
+            <Dropdown
+              clickableComponent={
+                <Button
+                  dataTestId="dropdown-button"
+                  title="Open Dropdown in Modal"
+                />
+              }
+              dropdownHotkeyScope={{ scope: 'modal-dropdown' }}
+              dropdownOffset={{ x: 0, y: 8 }}
+              dropdownId="modal-dropdown-test"
+              isDropdownInModal={true}
+              dropdownComponents={
+                <DropdownMenuItemsContainer hasMaxHeight>
+                  <div data-testid="dropdown-content">
+                    <FakeSelectableMenuItemList hasAvatar />
+                  </div>
+                </DropdownMenuItemsContainer>
+              }
+            />
+          </div>
+        </Modal.Content>
+      </Modal>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+const initializeModalState = ({ set }: { set: SetRecoilState }) => {
+  set(
+    isModalOpenedComponentState.atomFamily({
+      instanceId: modalId,
+    }),
+    true,
+  );
+
+  set(currentHotkeyScopeState, {
+    scope: ModalHotkeyScope.ModalFocus,
+    customScopes: {
+      commandMenu: true,
+      goto: false,
+      keyboardShortcutMenu: false,
+    },
+  });
+
+  set(internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState, [ModalHotkeyScope.ModalFocus]);
+
+  set(focusStackState, [
+    {
+      focusId: modalId,
+      componentInstance: {
+        componentType: FocusComponentType.MODAL,
+        componentInstanceId: modalId,
+      },
+      globalHotkeysConfig: {
+        enableGlobalHotkeysWithModifiers: true,
+        enableGlobalHotkeysConflictingWithKeyboard: true,
+      },
+    },
+  ]);
+};
+
+export const DropdownInsideModal: Story = {
+  decorators: [I18nFrontDecorator, RootDecorator, ComponentDecorator],
+  parameters: {
+    initializeState: initializeModalState,
+    disableHotkeyInitialization: true,
+  },
+  render: () => <ModalWithDropdown />,
+  play: async () => {
+    const canvas = within(document.body);
+
+    const dropdownButton = await canvas.findByTestId('dropdown-button');
+
+    await userEvent.click(dropdownButton);
+
+    const dropdownContent = await canvas.findByTestId('dropdown-content');
+
+    expect(dropdownContent).toBeVisible();
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/internal/DropdownInternalContainer.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/internal/DropdownInternalContainer.tsx
index 6be81d48c..395ac0e0e 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/internal/DropdownInternalContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/dropdown/components/internal/DropdownInternalContainer.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ import { Keys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook';
 import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import { Key } from 'ts-key-enum';
 
-export const StyledDropdownContentContainer = styled.div`
+export const StyledDropdownContentContainer = styled.div<{
+  isDropdownInModal?: boolean;
+}>`
   display: flex;
-  z-index: ${RootStackingContextZIndices.DropdownPortal};
+  z-index: ${({ isDropdownInModal }) =>
+    isDropdownInModal
+      ? RootStackingContextZIndices.DropdownPortalAboveModal
+      : RootStackingContextZIndices.DropdownPortalBelowModal};
 `;
 
 const StyledDropdownInsideContainer = styled.div`
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ export type DropdownInternalContainerProps = {
   dropdownComponents: React.ReactNode;
   parentDropdownId?: string;
   excludedClickOutsideIds?: string[];
+  isDropdownInModal?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const DropdownInternalContainer = ({
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ export const DropdownInternalContainer = ({
   onHotkeyTriggered,
   dropdownComponents,
   excludedClickOutsideIds,
+  isDropdownInModal = false,
 }: DropdownInternalContainerProps) => {
   const { isDropdownOpen, closeDropdown, setDropdownPlacement } =
     useDropdown(dropdownId);
@@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ export const DropdownInternalContainer = ({
           role="listbox"
           id={`${dropdownId}-options`}
           data-click-outside-id={excludedClickOutsideId}
+          isDropdownInModal={isDropdownInModal}
         >
           <OverlayContainer>
             <StyledDropdownInsideContainer id={dropdownId} data-select-disable>
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/ConfirmationModal.stories.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/ConfirmationModal.stories.tsx
index 7b40c7672..3c9b9a09e 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/ConfirmationModal.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/ConfirmationModal.stories.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { focusStackState } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/states/focusStackState';
 import { FocusComponentType } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/types/FocusComponentType';
 import { currentHotkeyScopeState } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/states/internal/currentHotkeyScopeState';
 import { internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/states/internal/internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState';
+import { SetRecoilState } from 'recoil';
 import { ComponentDecorator } from 'twenty-ui/testing';
 import { I18nFrontDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/I18nFrontDecorator';
 import { RootDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/RootDecorator';
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import { sleep } from '~/utils/sleep';
 import { isModalOpenedComponentState } from '../../states/isModalOpenedComponentState';
 import { ConfirmationModal } from '../ConfirmationModal';
 
-const initializeState = ({ set }: { set: (atom: any, value: any) => void }) => {
+const initializeState = ({ set }: { set: SetRecoilState }) => {
   set(
     isModalOpenedComponentState.atomFamily({
       instanceId: 'confirmation-modal',
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/Modal.stories.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/Modal.stories.tsx
index 3d046d75c..c4b9c9c25 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/Modal.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/layout/modal/components/__stories__/Modal.stories.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { focusStackState } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/states/focusStackState';
 import { FocusComponentType } from '@/ui/utilities/focus/types/FocusComponentType';
 import { currentHotkeyScopeState } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/states/internal/currentHotkeyScopeState';
 import { internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/states/internal/internalHotkeysEnabledScopesState';
+import { SetRecoilState } from 'recoil';
 import { ComponentDecorator } from 'twenty-ui/testing';
 import { I18nFrontDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/I18nFrontDecorator';
 import { RootDecorator } from '~/testing/decorators/RootDecorator';
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import { sleep } from '~/utils/sleep';
 import { isModalOpenedComponentState } from '../../states/isModalOpenedComponentState';
 import { Modal } from '../Modal';
 
-const initializeState = ({ set }: { set: (atom: any, value: any) => void }) => {
+const initializeState = ({ set }: { set: SetRecoilState }) => {
   set(
     isModalOpenedComponentState.atomFamily({
       instanceId: 'modal-id',