diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index ad8c13e54..6c577f181 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 **Bugs**
 
 - **Button** - Fixes formatting for `disabled button` inside `ui buttons`
+- **Button** - ``ui vertical basic buttons` now have dividers in default theme
 - **API** - Fixed bug where API would query resource immediately when specifying `on: false`
 - **API** - Fixed bug where `$.api('get xhr')` was not correctly returning xhr promise
 - *Sticky** - Fixes issue with container size not being set explicitly on rail due to improper method renaming
diff --git a/src/definitions/elements/button.less b/src/definitions/elements/button.less
index f04c5c23e..3fc88131b 100755
--- a/src/definitions/elements/button.less
+++ b/src/definitions/elements/button.less
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
 
 .ui.button:focus {
   background-color: @focusBackgroundColor;
-  background-image: @focusBackgroundImage;
-  box-shadow: @focusBoxShadow;
   color: @focusColor;
+  background-image: @focusBackgroundImage !important;
+  box-shadow: @focusBoxShadow !important;
 }
 
 .ui.button:focus .icon {