diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b5a4c44696..93e8425e794 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue when an "Abstract field" was duplicating text, when importing from RIS file (Neurons) [#6065](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6065)
 - We fixed an issue where adding the addition of a new entry was not completely validated [#6370](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6370)
 - We fixed an issue where the blue and red text colors in the Merge entries dialog were not quite visible [#6334](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6334)
-
+- We fixed an issue where underscore character was removed from the file name in the Recent Libraries list in File menu [#6383](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6383)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/menus/FileHistoryMenu.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/menus/FileHistoryMenu.java
index 9456c3d53c3..f2a6b534407 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/menus/FileHistoryMenu.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/menus/FileHistoryMenu.java
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ private void setItems() {
     private void addItem(Path file, int num) {
         String number = Integer.toString(num);
         MenuItem item = new MenuItem(number + ". " + file);
+        // By default mnemonic parsing is set to true for anything that is Labeled, if an underscore character
+        // is present, it would create a key combination ALT+the succeeding character (at least for Windows OS)
+        // and the underscore character will be parsed (deleted).
+        // i.e if the file name was called "bib_test.bib", a key combination "ALT+t" will be created
+        // so to avoid this, mnemonic parsing should be set to false to print normally the underscore character.
+        item.setMnemonicParsing(false);
         item.setOnAction(event -> openFile(file));
         getItems().add(item);
     }