diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Bar.test.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Bar.test.tsx
index 56815305fb..68b05fc393 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Bar.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Bar.test.tsx
@@ -25,34 +25,31 @@ import { MiscIcon } from './icons/MiscIcon';
 import { Sidebar, SidebarExpandButton } from './Bar';
 import { SidebarItem, SidebarSearchField } from './Items';
 import { SidebarSubItem } from './SidebarSubItem';
+import { Submenu } from './Submenu';
 
 async function renderScalableSidebar() {
   await renderInTestApp(
     <Sidebar disableExpandOnHover>
       <SidebarSearchField onSearch={() => {}} to="/search" />
-      <SidebarItem
-        icon={CatalogSidebarLogo}
-        onClick={() => {}}
-        text="Catalog"
-        hasSubMenu
-        submenuTitle="Catalog"
-      >
-        <SidebarSubItem title="Tools" to="/1" icon={BuildRoundedIcon} />
-        <SidebarSubItem
-          title="Misc"
-          to="/6"
-          icon={MiscIcon}
-          dropdownItems={[
-            {
-              title: 'dropdown item 1',
-              to: '/dropdownitemlink',
-            },
-            {
-              title: 'dropdown item 2',
-              to: '/dropdownitemlink2',
-            },
-          ]}
-        />
+      <SidebarItem icon={CatalogSidebarLogo} onClick={() => {}} text="Catalog">
+        <Submenu title="Catalog">
+          <SidebarSubItem title="Tools" to="/1" icon={BuildRoundedIcon} />
+          <SidebarSubItem
+            title="Misc"
+            to="/6"
+            icon={MiscIcon}
+            dropdownItems={[
+              {
+                title: 'dropdown item 1',
+                to: '/dropdownitemlink',
+              },
+              {
+                title: 'dropdown item 2',
+                to: '/dropdownitemlink2',
+              },
+            ]}
+          />
+        </Submenu>
       </SidebarItem>
       <SidebarItem icon={CreateComponentIcon} to="create" text="Create..." />
       <SidebarExpandButton />
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx
index 3c4fc6ffd0..f1b51e497f 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Items.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import React, {
   Children,
   forwardRef,
   KeyboardEventHandler,
-  PropsWithChildren,
   ReactNode,
   useContext,
   useState,
@@ -170,27 +169,30 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles<BackstageTheme>(
 
 type ItemWithSubmenuProps = {
   label?: string;
-  title?: string;
   hasNotifications?: boolean;
   icon: IconComponent;
-  children: ReactNode;
+  submenu: ReactNode;
 };
 const ItemWithSubmenu = ({
   label,
-  title,
   hasNotifications = false,
   icon: Icon,
-  children,
-}: PropsWithChildren<ItemWithSubmenuProps>) => {
+  submenu,
+}: ItemWithSubmenuProps) => {
   const classes = useStyles();
   const [isHoveredOn, setIsHoveredOn] = useState(false);
-  const toPathnames: string[] = [];
+  let submenuItems: ReactNode;
+  Children.forEach(submenu, element => {
+    if (!React.isValidElement(element)) return;
+    submenuItems = element.props.children;
+  });
 
+  const toPathnames: string[] = [];
   let isActive;
   const { pathname: locationPathname } = useLocation();
 
-  // Menu item is active if any of its children have active paths
-  Children.forEach(children, element => {
+  // SidebarItem is active if any of submenu items have active paths
+  Children.forEach(submenuItems, element => {
     if (!React.isValidElement(element)) return;
     if (element.props.dropdownItems) {
       element.props.dropdownItems.map((item: { to: string }) =>
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ const ItemWithSubmenu = ({
             <ArrowRightIcon fontSize="small" className={classes.submenuArrow} />
           )}
         </div>
-        {isHoveredOn && <Submenu title={title}>{children}</Submenu>}
+        {isHoveredOn && submenu}
       </div>
     </ItemWithSubmenuContext.Provider>
   );
@@ -277,8 +279,6 @@ type SidebarItemBaseProps = {
   icon: IconComponent;
   text?: string;
   hasNotifications?: boolean;
-  hasSubMenu?: boolean;
-  submenuTitle?: string;
   disableHighlight?: boolean;
   children?: ReactNode;
   className?: string;
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ export const SidebarItem = forwardRef<any, SidebarItemProps>((props, ref) => {
     icon: Icon,
     text,
     hasNotifications = false,
-    hasSubMenu = false,
-    submenuTitle,
     disableHighlight = false,
     onClick,
     children,
@@ -409,17 +407,28 @@ export const SidebarItem = forwardRef<any, SidebarItemProps>((props, ref) => {
     ),
   };
 
-  // If submenu prop is true, return ItemWithSubmenu
-  if (hasSubMenu) {
+  let hasSubmenu = false;
+  let submenu: any;
+  const componentType = (
+    <Submenu>
+      <></>
+    </Submenu>
+  ).type;
+  Children.forEach(children, element => {
+    if (!React.isValidElement(element)) return;
+    if (element.type === componentType) {
+      submenu = element;
+      hasSubmenu = true;
+    }
+  });
+  if (hasSubmenu) {
     return (
       <ItemWithSubmenu
         label={text}
-        title={submenuTitle}
         icon={Icon}
         hasNotifications={hasNotifications}
-      >
-        {children}
-      </ItemWithSubmenu>
+        submenu={submenu}
+      />
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Sidebar.stories.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Sidebar.stories.tsx
index 0a41f421a2..e25693cc81 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Sidebar.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/Sidebar/Sidebar.stories.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { CatalogSidebarLogo } from './icons/CatalogSidebarLogo';
 import { APIsIcon } from './icons/APIsIcon';
 import { ServicesIcon } from './icons/ServicesIcon';
 import { MiscIcon } from './icons/MiscIcon';
+import { Submenu } from './Submenu';
 
 export default {
   title: 'Layout/Sidebar',
@@ -67,37 +68,33 @@ export const SampleScalableSidebar = () => (
   <Sidebar disableExpandOnHover>
     <SidebarSearchField onSearch={handleSearch} to="/search" />
     <SidebarDivider />
-    <SidebarItem
-      icon={CatalogSidebarLogo}
-      onClick={() => {}}
-      text="Catalog"
-      hasSubMenu
-      submenuTitle="Catalog"
-    >
-      <SidebarSubItem title="Tools" to="/1" icon={BuildRoundedIcon} />
-      <SidebarSubItem title="APIs" to="/2" icon={APIsIcon} />
-      <SidebarSubItem title="Services" to="/3" icon={ServicesIcon} />
-      <SidebarSubItem
-        title="Libraries"
-        to="/4"
-        icon={LibraryBooksOutlinedIcon}
-      />
-      <SidebarSubItem title="Websites" to="/5" icon={WebOutlinedIcon} />
-      <SidebarSubItem
-        title="Misc"
-        to="/6"
-        icon={MiscIcon}
-        dropdownItems={[
-          {
-            title: 'Lorem Ipsum',
-            to: '/7',
-          },
-          {
-            title: 'Lorem Ipsum',
-            to: '/8',
-          },
-        ]}
-      />
+    <SidebarItem icon={CatalogSidebarLogo} onClick={() => {}} text="Catalog">
+      <Submenu title="Catalog">
+        <SidebarSubItem title="Tools" to="/1" icon={BuildRoundedIcon} />
+        <SidebarSubItem title="APIs" to="/2" icon={APIsIcon} />
+        <SidebarSubItem title="Services" to="/3" icon={ServicesIcon} />
+        <SidebarSubItem
+          title="Libraries"
+          to="/4"
+          icon={LibraryBooksOutlinedIcon}
+        />
+        <SidebarSubItem title="Websites" to="/5" icon={WebOutlinedIcon} />
+        <SidebarSubItem
+          title="Misc"
+          to="/6"
+          icon={MiscIcon}
+          dropdownItems={[
+            {
+              title: 'Lorem Ipsum',
+              to: '/7',
+            },
+            {
+              title: 'Lorem Ipsum',
+              to: '/8',
+            },
+          ]}
+        />
+      </Submenu>
     </SidebarItem>
     <SidebarItem icon={HomeOutlinedIcon} to="#" text="Plugins" />
     <SidebarItem icon={AddCircleOutlineIcon} to="#" text="Create..." />