diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/fontawesome_custom.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/fontawesome_custom.scss
index a2117e9c012e99c87f3fdd1a7f5f36b8b767522f..4ffcf84c790adf5d720497f8f2f0b40b123a8c71 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/fontawesome_custom.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/fontawesome_custom.scss
@@ -250,10 +250,6 @@
   content: '\f06d';
 }
 
-.fa-download::before {
-  content: '\f019';
-}
-
 .fa-globe::before {
   content: '\f0ac';
 }
diff --git a/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb
index 10c95da394fba1affb2115ed51a3a8e8cec11c53..94c46feb8aebd4e5281e155b7d23565b722cafa9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def snippets_upload_path(snippet, user)
   end
 
   def download_raw_snippet_button(snippet)
-    link_to(icon('download'),
+    link_to(sprite_icon('download'),
             gitlab_raw_snippet_path(snippet, inline: false),
             target: '_blank',
             rel: 'noopener noreferrer',
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/225888-replace-fa-download-icon-with-gitlab-svg-download-icon.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/225888-replace-fa-download-icon-with-gitlab-svg-download-icon.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef9d938639f78767171659730f23aed7f5530b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/225888-replace-fa-download-icon-with-gitlab-svg-download-icon.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Replace fa-download icon with GitLab SVG download icon
+merge_request: 39849
+author:
+type: changed