diff --git a/web/src/components/features/metrics/StatusBadgeIndicator/StatusDropdownContent.tsx b/web/src/components/features/metrics/StatusBadgeIndicator/StatusDropdownContent.tsx
index b501f184f..5e43ddd7e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/features/metrics/StatusBadgeIndicator/StatusDropdownContent.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/features/metrics/StatusBadgeIndicator/StatusDropdownContent.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { getTooltipText } from './helpers';
 import { useMemoizedFn } from '@/hooks';
 import { StatusBadgeIndicator } from './StatusBadgeIndicator';
-import { Dropdown, DropdownItem } from '@/components/ui/dropdown';
+import { Dropdown, DropdownItem, DropdownProps } from '@/components/ui/dropdown';
 
 const statuses = [
   VerificationStatus.NOT_REQUESTED,
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ export const StatusDropdownContent: React.FC<{
   onChangeStatus: (status: VerificationStatus) => void;
   onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
 }> = React.memo(({ isAdmin, status, onChangeStatus, children, onOpenChange }) => {
+  const dropdownProps = useStatusDropdownContent({
+    isAdmin,
+    selectedStatus: status,
+    onChangeStatus
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <Dropdown {...dropdownProps} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      {children}
+    </Dropdown>
+  );
+});
+StatusDropdownContent.displayName = 'StatusDropdownContent';
+
+export const useStatusDropdownContent = ({
+  isAdmin,
+  selectedStatus,
+  onChangeStatus
+}: {
+  isAdmin: boolean;
+  selectedStatus: VerificationStatus;
+  onChangeStatus: (status: VerificationStatus) => void;
+}): Pick<
+  DropdownProps<VerificationStatus>,
+  'showIndex' | 'items' | 'emptyStateText' | 'menuHeader' | 'selectType'
+> => {
   const items = useMemo(() => {
     return statuses.map<DropdownItem<VerificationStatus>>((status) => {
       const requiresAdmin = requiresAdminItems.includes(status);
@@ -34,6 +60,7 @@ export const StatusDropdownContent: React.FC<{
         value: status,
         icon: <StatusBadgeIndicator status={status} showTooltip={false} />,
         disabled: requiresAdmin && !isAdmin,
+        selected: status === selectedStatus,
         onClick: () => {
           if (!requiresAdmin || isAdmin) {
             onChangeStatus(status);
@@ -43,21 +70,14 @@ export const StatusDropdownContent: React.FC<{
     });
   }, [isAdmin, status, onChangeStatus]);
 
-  const onSelect = useMemoizedFn((item: VerificationStatus) => {
-    onChangeStatus(item);
-  });
-
-  return (
-    <Dropdown
-      emptyStateText="Nothing to see here..."
-      items={items}
-      showIndex
-      onOpenChange={onOpenChange}
-      onSelect={onSelect}
-      selectType="single"
-      menuHeader="Verification status...">
-      {children}
-    </Dropdown>
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      emptyStateText: 'Nothing to see here...',
+      menuHeader: 'Verification status...',
+      items,
+      selectType: 'single',
+      showIndex: true
+    }),
+    [items]
   );
-});
-StatusDropdownContent.displayName = 'StatusDropdownContent';
+};
diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/dropdown/DropdownBase.tsx b/web/src/components/ui/dropdown/DropdownBase.tsx
index 2aa44dcef..7373e8592 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ui/dropdown/DropdownBase.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/dropdown/DropdownBase.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const DropdownMenuItem = React.forwardRef<
     ref={ref}
     className={cn(
       'relative flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 rounded-sm px-2 py-1.5 text-base outline-none select-none data-[disabled]:pointer-events-none data-[disabled]:opacity-50 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0',
-      'focus:bg-item-hover focus:text-foreground',
+      'focus:bg-item-select focus:text-foreground',
       'dropdown-item mx-1 [&.dropdown-item:first-child]:mt-1! [&.dropdown-item:has(+.dropdown-separator)]:mb-1 [&.dropdown-item:has(~.dropdown-separator)]:mt-1 [&.dropdown-item:last-child]:mb-1!',
       inset && 'pl-8',
       truncate && 'overflow-hidden',
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ const DropdownMenuCheckboxItemSingle = React.forwardRef<
   ) => (
     <DropdownMenuPrimitive.CheckboxItem
       ref={ref}
-      className={cn(itemClass, 'data-[state=checked]:bg-item-hover', 'pr-6 pl-2', className)}
+      className={cn(itemClass, 'data-[state=checked]:bg-item-select', 'pr-6 pl-2', className)}
       checked={checked}
       onClick={(e) => {
         if (closeOnSelect) {
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ const DropdownMenuCheckboxItemSingle = React.forwardRef<
       }}
       {...props}>
       {children}
-      <span className="absolute right-2 flex h-3.5 w-3.5 items-center justify-center">
+      <span className="absolute right-2 flex h-3.5 w-fit items-center justify-center space-x-1">
         <DropdownMenuPrimitive.ItemIndicator>
-          <div className="text-icon-color flex h-4 w-4 items-center justify-center text-sm">
+          <div className="text-icon-color flex items-center justify-center text-sm">
             <Check />
           </div>
         </DropdownMenuPrimitive.ItemIndicator>
diff --git a/web/src/layouts/ChatLayout/FileContainer/FileContainerHeader/MetricContainerHeaderButtons/MetricThreeDotMenu.tsx b/web/src/layouts/ChatLayout/FileContainer/FileContainerHeader/MetricContainerHeaderButtons/MetricThreeDotMenu.tsx
index c1f930836..bd2b2cf36 100644
--- a/web/src/layouts/ChatLayout/FileContainer/FileContainerHeader/MetricContainerHeaderButtons/MetricThreeDotMenu.tsx
+++ b/web/src/layouts/ChatLayout/FileContainer/FileContainerHeader/MetricContainerHeaderButtons/MetricThreeDotMenu.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import {
   useRemoveMetricFromCollection,
   useRemoveMetricFromDashboard,
   useSaveMetricToCollection,
-  useSaveMetricToDashboard
+  useSaveMetricToDashboard,
+  useUpdateMetric
 } from '@/api/buster_rest/metrics';
 import { DropdownContent, DropdownItem, DropdownItems } from '@/components/ui/dropdown';
 import {
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ import { StatusNotRequestedIcon } from '@/assets';
 import { useSaveToDashboardDropdownContent } from '@/components/features/dropdowns/SaveToDashboardDropdown';
 import { useMemoizedFn } from '@/hooks';
 import { useSaveToCollectionsDropdownContent } from '@/components/features/dropdowns/SaveToCollectionsDropdown';
+import { VerificationStatus } from '@/api/asset_interfaces/share';
+import { useStatusDropdownContent } from '@/components/features/metrics/StatusBadgeIndicator/StatusDropdownContent';
+import { StatusBadgeIndicator } from '@/components/features/metrics/StatusBadgeIndicator';
 
 export const ThreeDotMenuButton = React.memo(({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
   const { mutateAsync: deleteMetric, isPending: isDeletingMetric } = useDeleteMetric();
@@ -40,8 +44,9 @@ export const ThreeDotMenuButton = React.memo(({ metricId }: { metricId: string }
   const onSetSelectedFile = useChatLayoutContextSelector((x) => x.onSetSelectedFile);
 
   const dashboardSelectMenu = useDashboardSelectMenu({ metricId });
-  const versionHistoryItems = useVersionHistoryItems({ metricId });
+  const versionHistoryItems = useVersionHistorySelectMenu({ metricId });
   const collectionSelectMenu = useCollectionSelectMenu({ metricId });
+  const statusSelectMenu = useStatusSelectMenu({ metricId });
 
   const items: DropdownItems = useMemo(
     () => [
@@ -54,15 +59,7 @@ export const ThreeDotMenuButton = React.memo(({ metricId }: { metricId: string }
           console.log('share metric');
         }
       },
-      {
-        label: 'Request verification',
-        value: 'request-verification',
-        icon: <StatusNotRequestedIcon />,
-        items: [],
-        onClick: () => {
-          console.log('share metric');
-        }
-      },
+      statusSelectMenu,
       { type: 'divider' },
       dashboardSelectMenu,
       collectionSelectMenu,
@@ -193,10 +190,7 @@ const useDashboardSelectMenu = ({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
       label: 'Add to dashboard',
       value: 'add-to-dashboard',
       icon: <ASSET_ICONS.dashboardAdd />,
-      items: [<React.Fragment key="dashboard-sub-menu">{dashboardSubMenu}</React.Fragment>],
-      onClick: () => {
-        console.log('add to dashboard');
-      }
+      items: [<React.Fragment key="dashboard-sub-menu">{dashboardSubMenu}</React.Fragment>]
     }),
     [dashboardSubMenu]
   );
@@ -204,7 +198,7 @@ const useDashboardSelectMenu = ({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
   return dashboardDropdownItem;
 };
 
-const useVersionHistoryItems = ({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
+const useVersionHistorySelectMenu = ({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
   const { data } = useGetMetric(metricId, (x) => ({
     versions: x.versions,
     version_number: x.version_number
@@ -276,13 +270,41 @@ const useCollectionSelectMenu = ({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
         <React.Fragment key="collection-sub-menu">
           {collectionSubMenu} {modal}
         </React.Fragment>
-      ],
-      onClick: () => {
-        console.log('add to collection');
-      }
+      ]
     }),
     [collectionSubMenu]
   );
 
   return collectionDropdownItem;
 };
+
+const useStatusSelectMenu = ({ metricId }: { metricId: string }) => {
+  const { data: metric } = useGetMetric(metricId, (x) => x);
+  const { mutateAsync: updateMetric } = useUpdateMetric();
+
+  const onChangeStatus = useMemoizedFn(async (status: VerificationStatus) => {
+    await updateMetric({ id: metricId, status });
+  });
+
+  const dropdownProps = useStatusDropdownContent({
+    isAdmin: true,
+    selectedStatus: metric?.status || VerificationStatus.NOT_REQUESTED,
+    onChangeStatus
+  });
+
+  const statusSubMenu = useMemo(() => {
+    return <DropdownContent {...dropdownProps} />;
+  }, [dropdownProps]);
+
+  const statusDropdownItem: DropdownItem = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      label: 'Status',
+      value: 'status',
+      icon: <StatusBadgeIndicator status={metric?.status || VerificationStatus.NOT_REQUESTED} />,
+      items: [<React.Fragment key="status-sub-menu">{statusSubMenu}</React.Fragment>]
+    }),
+    [statusSubMenu]
+  );
+
+  return statusDropdownItem;
+};