diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/tmpl/menus/default.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/tmpl/menus/default.php
index 570e200de4d69..c4bc3e6bbb6f7 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/tmpl/menus/default.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/tmpl/menus/default.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 }
 
 Factory::getDocument()->addScriptOptions('menus-default', ['items' => $itemIds]);
+HTMLHelper::_('jquery.framework');
 HTMLHelper::_('script', 'com_menus/admin-menus-default.min.js', array('version' => 'auto', 'relative' => true));
 ?>
 <form action="<?php echo Route::_('index.php?option=com_menus&view=menus'); ?>" method="post" name="adminForm" id="adminForm">
diff --git a/build/media_src/com_menus/js/admin-menus-default.es6.js b/build/media_src/com_menus/js/admin-menus-default.es6.js
index dc5a436f8db31..b629b7afbd2c9 100644
--- a/build/media_src/com_menus/js/admin-menus-default.es6.js
+++ b/build/media_src/com_menus/js/admin-menus-default.es6.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
       });
     }
 
-    Joomla.Modal.getCurrent().addEventListener('hidden.bs.modal', () => {
+    // @Todo make vanilla, when modals are custom elements
+    window.jQuery('.modal').on('hidden.bs.modal', () => {
       setTimeout(() => { window.parent.location.reload(); }, 1000);
     });
   });