diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar_assignees.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar_assignees.html.haml
index 2fd4c598580c23a31cef3de145653b6f5bcf4f2d..e9b045798086204199e2c05c1dadbedcb4551096 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar_assignees.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar_assignees.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   max_assignees: dropdown_options[:data][:"max-select"],
   directly_invite_members: can_admin_project_member?(@project) } }
   .title.hide-collapsed
-    = _('Assignee')
+    = s_('Label|Assignee')
     = gl_loading_icon(inline: true)
 
 .js-sidebar-assignee-data.selectbox.hide-collapsed
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 22cb2a33c05e87b24ad9f8144efc758c369ce9e4..43245372172f91b74f0b185519c58e5ba7cbb68c 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -23031,6 +23031,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Labels|Promoting %{labelTitle} will make it available for all projects inside %{groupName}. Existing project labels with the same title will be merged. If a group label with the same title exists, it will also be merged. This action cannot be reversed."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Label|Assignee"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Language"
 msgstr ""