diff --git a/packages/react-select/src/components/Menu.tsx b/packages/react-select/src/components/Menu.tsx
index 7483fa045e..48f30bdc3e 100644
--- a/packages/react-select/src/components/Menu.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-select/src/components/Menu.tsx
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export const menuCSS = <
   [alignToControl(placement)]: '100%',
   position: 'absolute',
   width: '100%',
-  zIndex: 1,
+  zIndex: 20000,
   ...(unstyled
     ? {}
     : {