diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.cpp b/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.cpp
index d10daa2bfcc..8526150e0c0 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.cpp
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ void AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor::_state_machine_draw() {
 	}
 
 	if (state_machine_draw->has_focus()) {
-		state_machine_draw->draw_rect(Rect2(Point2(), state_machine_draw->get_size()), theme_cache.highlight_color, false);
+		state_machine_draw->draw_rect(Rect2(Point2(), state_machine_draw->get_size()), theme_cache.focus_color, false);
 	}
 	int sep = 3 * EDSCALE;
 
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ void AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor::_bind_methods() {
 	BIND_THEME_ITEM_EXT(Theme::DATA_TYPE_COLOR, AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor, transition_icon_disabled_color, "transition_icon_disabled_color", "GraphStateMachine");
 	BIND_THEME_ITEM_EXT(Theme::DATA_TYPE_COLOR, AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor, highlight_color, "highlight_color", "GraphStateMachine");
 	BIND_THEME_ITEM_EXT(Theme::DATA_TYPE_COLOR, AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor, highlight_disabled_color, "highlight_disabled_color", "GraphStateMachine");
+	BIND_THEME_ITEM_EXT(Theme::DATA_TYPE_COLOR, AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor, focus_color, "focus_color", "GraphStateMachine");
 	BIND_THEME_ITEM_EXT(Theme::DATA_TYPE_COLOR, AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor, guideline_color, "guideline_color", "GraphStateMachine");
 
 	BIND_THEME_ITEM_EXT(Theme::DATA_TYPE_ICON, AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor, transition_icons[0], "TransitionImmediateBig", "EditorIcons");
diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.h b/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.h
index eb623a147d6..0b6320f0ce5 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.h
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_state_machine_editor.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class AnimationNodeStateMachineEditor : public AnimationTreeNodeEditorPlugin {
 		Color transition_icon_disabled_color;
 		Color highlight_color;
 		Color highlight_disabled_color;
+		Color focus_color;
 		Color guideline_color;
 
 		Ref<Texture2D> transition_icons[6]{};
diff --git a/editor/themes/editor_theme_manager.cpp b/editor/themes/editor_theme_manager.cpp
index 32079f3753f..a4251bfd290 100644
--- a/editor/themes/editor_theme_manager.cpp
+++ b/editor/themes/editor_theme_manager.cpp
@@ -2506,6 +2506,7 @@ void EditorThemeManager::_populate_editor_styles(const Ref<EditorTheme> &p_theme
 			p_theme->set_color("transition_icon_disabled_color", "GraphStateMachine", Color(1, 1, 1, 0.2));
 			p_theme->set_color("highlight_color", "GraphStateMachine", p_config.accent_color);
 			p_theme->set_color("highlight_disabled_color", "GraphStateMachine", p_config.accent_color * Color(1, 1, 1, 0.6));
+			p_theme->set_color("focus_color", "GraphStateMachine", p_config.accent_color);
 			p_theme->set_color("guideline_color", "GraphStateMachine", p_config.font_color * Color(1, 1, 1, 0.3));
 
 			p_theme->set_color("playback_color", "GraphStateMachine", p_config.font_color);