diff --git a/gtk/ui/gtk3/PrefsDialog.ui b/gtk/ui/gtk3/PrefsDialog.ui
index 0f657e60a..72067c7b2 100644
--- a/gtk/ui/gtk3/PrefsDialog.ui
+++ b/gtk/ui/gtk3/PrefsDialog.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <property name="border-width">6</property>
     <property name="title" translatable="yes">Transmission Preferences</property>
     <property name="role">transmission-preferences-dialog</property>
-    <property name="modal">True</property>
+    <property name="modal">False</property>
     <property name="type-hint">dialog</property>
     <child internal-child="vbox">
       <object class="GtkBox" id="dialog_layout">
diff --git a/gtk/ui/gtk4/PrefsDialog.ui b/gtk/ui/gtk4/PrefsDialog.ui
index 8409c2754..7352eeee1 100644
--- a/gtk/ui/gtk4/PrefsDialog.ui
+++ b/gtk/ui/gtk4/PrefsDialog.ui
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <requires lib="gtk" version="4.0"/>
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="PrefsDialog">
     <property name="title" translatable="1">Transmission Preferences</property>
-    <property name="modal">1</property>
+    <property name="modal">0</property>
     <child internal-child="content_area">
       <object class="GtkBox" id="dialog_layout">
         <property name="orientation">vertical</property>