diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0026527694..81cc639509e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "mdast-util-to-hast": "^10.2.0",
     "numeral": "^2.0.6",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.0",
-    "react-dropzone": "^11.5.3",
+    "react-dropzone": "^11.7.1",
     "react-element-to-jsx-string": "^14.3.4",
     "react-focus-on": "^3.9.1",
     "react-input-autosize": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/src/components/markdown_editor/__snapshots__/markdown_editor.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/markdown_editor/__snapshots__/markdown_editor.test.tsx.snap
index 60fa04d419c..08847cabaf5 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown_editor/__snapshots__/markdown_editor.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/components/markdown_editor/__snapshots__/markdown_editor.test.tsx.snap
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor custom plugins are excluded and popover is rendered 1
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor is rendered 1`] = `
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
@@ -674,6 +676,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor props autoExpandPreview is rendered with false 1`] =
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
@@ -918,6 +921,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor props height is rendered in full mode 1`] = `
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
@@ -1162,6 +1166,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor props height is rendered with a custom size 1`] = `
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
@@ -1406,6 +1411,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor props maxHeight is rendered with a custom size 1`] =
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
@@ -1660,6 +1666,7 @@ exports[`EuiMarkdownEditor props readOnly is set to true 1`] = `
   >
     <div
       class="euiMarkdownEditorDropZone"
+      role="button"
     >
       <textarea
         aria-label="aria-label"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b8e583fbabe..db1b909f356 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6237,7 +6237,7 @@ atob@^2.1.1, atob@^2.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/atob/-/atob-2.1.2.tgz#6d9517eb9e030d2436666651e86bd9f6f13533c9"
   integrity sha512-Wm6ukoaOGJi/73p/cl2GvLjTI5JM1k/O14isD73YML8StrH/7/lRFgmg8nICZgD3bZZvjwCGxtMOD3wWNAu8cg==
 
-attr-accept@^2.2.1:
+attr-accept@^2.2.2:
   version "2.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/attr-accept/-/attr-accept-2.2.2.tgz#646613809660110749e92f2c10833b70968d929b"
   integrity sha512-7prDjvt9HmqiZ0cl5CRjtS84sEyhsHP2coDkaZKRKVfCDo9s7iw7ChVmar78Gu9pC4SoR/28wFu/G5JJhTnqEg==
@@ -10497,10 +10497,10 @@ file-name@^0.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-name/-/file-name-0.1.0.tgz#12b122f120f9c34dbc176c1ab81a548aced6def7"
   integrity sha1-ErEi8SD5w028F2wauBpUis7W3vc=
 
-file-selector@^0.2.2:
-  version "0.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-selector/-/file-selector-0.2.4.tgz#7b98286f9dbb9925f420130ea5ed0a69238d4d80"
-  integrity sha512-ZDsQNbrv6qRi1YTDOEWzf5J2KjZ9KMI1Q2SGeTkCJmNNW25Jg4TW4UMcmoqcg4WrAyKRcpBXdbWRxkfrOzVRbA==
+file-selector@^0.4.0:
+  version "0.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-selector/-/file-selector-0.4.0.tgz#59ec4f27aa5baf0841e9c6385c8386bef4d18b17"
+  integrity sha512-iACCiXeMYOvZqlF1kTiYINzgepRBymz1wwjiuup9u9nayhb6g4fSwiyJ/6adli+EPwrWtpgQAh2PoS7HukEGEg==
   dependencies:
     tslib "^2.0.3"
 
@@ -17757,14 +17757,14 @@ react-dom@^18.2.0:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     scheduler "^0.23.0"
 
-react-dropzone@^11.5.3:
-  version "11.5.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dropzone/-/react-dropzone-11.5.3.tgz#757d4980fcae839896a894e41d3e72df04981f86"
-  integrity sha512-68+T6sWW5L89qJnn3SD1aRazhuRBhTT9JOI1W8vI5YWsfegM4C7tlGbPH1AgEbmZY5s8E8L0QhX0e3VdAa0KWA==
+react-dropzone@^11.7.1:
+  version "11.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dropzone/-/react-dropzone-11.7.1.tgz#3851bb75b26af0bf1b17ce1449fd980e643b9356"
+  integrity sha512-zxCMwhfPy1olUEbw3FLNPLhAm/HnaYH5aELIEglRbqabizKAdHs0h+WuyOpmA+v1JXn0++fpQDdNfUagWt5hJQ==
   dependencies:
-    attr-accept "^2.2.1"
-    file-selector "^0.2.2"
-    prop-types "^15.7.2"
+    attr-accept "^2.2.2"
+    file-selector "^0.4.0"
+    prop-types "^15.8.1"
 
 react-element-to-jsx-string@^14.3.4:
   version "14.3.4"