diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_extension.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_extension.dart
index 31141c26..6c10711b 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_extension.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_extension.dart
@@ -200,9 +200,12 @@ class _ExtensionConnectionTileState extends State<_ExtensionConnectionTile> {
         ...widget.moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => widget.onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mongo.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mongo.dart
index 16695639..18ed1acc 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mongo.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mongo.dart
@@ -179,9 +179,12 @@ class _MongoConnectionTileState extends State<_MongoConnectionTile> {
         ...widget.moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => widget.onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mysql.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mysql.dart
index 11ce6791..f073653e 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mysql.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_mysql.dart
@@ -156,9 +156,12 @@ class _MysqlConnectionTileState extends State<_MysqlConnectionTile> {
         ...widget.moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => widget.onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_postgres_connection.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_postgres_connection.dart
index 7319e05f..0e8cd8e6 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_postgres_connection.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_postgres_connection.dart
@@ -151,9 +151,12 @@ class _PostgresConnectionTileState extends State<_PostgresConnectionTile> {
         ...widget.moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => widget.onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_redis.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_redis.dart
index a8b2423f..06ef3e8c 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_redis.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_redis.dart
@@ -161,9 +161,12 @@ class _RedisConnectionTileState extends State<_RedisConnectionTile> {
         ...widget.moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => widget.onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sidebar.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sidebar.dart
index 0025b00b..48dac237 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sidebar.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sidebar.dart
@@ -124,9 +124,12 @@ class _ConnectionTile extends StatelessWidget {
         ...moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sqlite.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sqlite.dart
index b6b308a7..2fbde8b8 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sqlite.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_sqlite.dart
@@ -182,9 +182,12 @@ class _SqliteConnectionTileState extends State<_SqliteConnectionTile> {
         ...widget.moveItems,
         MenuButton(
           leading: material.Icon(material.Icons.delete_outline_rounded,
-              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.mutedForeground),
+              size: 18, color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
           onPressed: (_) => widget.onRemove(),
-          child: const Text('Remove connection'),
+          child: Text(
+            'Remove connection',
+            style: material.TextStyle(color: theme.colorScheme.destructive),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
       child: material.Padding(
diff --git a/test/e2e/01_connection_lifecycle/e2e_connection_crud_test.dart b/test/e2e/01_connection_lifecycle/e2e_connection_crud_test.dart
index f001f951..c60dbd30 100644
--- a/test/e2e/01_connection_lifecycle/e2e_connection_crud_test.dart
+++ b/test/e2e/01_connection_lifecycle/e2e_connection_crud_test.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart' show kSecondaryButton;
-import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart' show Draggable, ValueKey;
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart' show Draggable, Text, ValueKey;
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/app_settings.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/folders_storage.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/local_db.dart';
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/theme/querya_theme_scope.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/features/connections/connections_panel.dart';
 
 import '../helpers/e2e_app_harness.dart';
@@ -99,6 +100,27 @@ void main() {
     await app.close(tester);
   });
 
+  testWidgets('Remove connection is drawn as a destructive menu item',
+      (tester) async {
+    await app.launch(tester);
+    final id = await E2eConnections.add(
+        tester, E2eConnections.redis('E2E Remover'));
+    await E2eConnections.reloadSidebar(tester);
+
+    await tester.tap(inSidebar('E2E Remover').first,
+        buttons: kSecondaryButton);
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
+
+    final label = tester.widget<Text>(find.text('Remove connection').last);
+    final destructive = QueryaThemeScope.of(
+      tester.element(find.text('Remove connection').last),
+    ).workbench.destructive;
+    expect(label.style?.color, destructive);
+
+    await E2eConnections.remove(tester, id);
+    await app.close(tester);
+  });
+
   testWidgets('Move to folder in the connection menu puts it in the folder',
       (tester) async {
     await app.launch(tester);