diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/show/components/app.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/show/components/app.vue
index 456a20297032b3ad9a3195168c803f936b9259d4..999c67b8560cb3868a3cea198b83673ba0787154 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issues/show/components/app.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issues/show/components/app.vue
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ export default {
               class="issue-sticky-header-text gl-display-flex gl-align-items-center gl-mx-auto gl-px-5"
             >
               <p
-                class="issuable-status-box status-box gl-my-0"
+                class="issuable-status-box status-box gl-white-space-nowrap gl-my-0"
                 :class="[isClosed ? 'status-box-issue-closed' : 'status-box-open']"
               >
                 <gl-icon :name="statusIcon" class="gl-display-block d-sm-none gl-h-6!" />
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/issuable/show/components/issuable_title.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/issuable/show/components/issuable_title.vue
index 45941174a620e947bce93daf323085d79a294e8e..47f05a2cee263d2363031bed041672b76bd3c999 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/issuable/show/components/issuable_title.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/issuable/show/components/issuable_title.vue
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default {
           >
             <p
               data-testid="status"
-              class="issuable-status-box status-box gl-my-0"
+              class="issuable-status-box status-box gl-white-space-nowrap gl-my-0"
               :class="statusBadgeClass"
             >
               <gl-icon :name="statusIcon" class="gl-display-block d-sm-none gl-h-6!" />