diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigation.ts b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigation.ts
index 046031c798a7..8309aefb35c5 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigation.ts
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import UI5Element from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/UI5Element.js";
 import type { Slot, DefaultSlot } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/UI5Element.js";
+import type { ChangeInfo } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/UI5Element.js";
 import { createMultiInstanceChecker } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/util/createMultiInstanceChecker.js";
 import customElement from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/decorators/customElement.js";
 import i18n from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/decorators/i18n.js";
@@ -237,6 +238,16 @@ class SideNavigation extends UI5Element {
 	}
 
 	_handleResizeBound: () => void;
+	_fnTransitionEnd?: (event: TransitionEvent) => void;
+	_bAnimating = false;
+
+	onInvalidation(changeInfo: ChangeInfo) {
+		if (changeInfo.type === "property" && changeInfo.name === "collapsed") {
+			if (this.getDomRef()) {
+				this._bAnimating = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	onBeforeRendering() {
 		super.onBeforeRendering();
@@ -247,6 +258,7 @@ class SideNavigation extends UI5Element {
 				item.sideNavCollapsed = this.collapsed;
 				item.inPopover = this.inPopover;
 				item.sideNavigation = this;
+				item.sideNavAnimating = this._bAnimating;
 			});
 
 		this.initGroupsSettings(this.items);
@@ -497,6 +509,8 @@ class SideNavigation extends UI5Element {
 		if (this.collapsed) {
 			this.handleResize();
 		}
+
+		this._handleExpandCollapseAnimation();
 	}
 
 	onEnterDOM() {
@@ -505,6 +519,10 @@ class SideNavigation extends UI5Element {
 
 	onExitDOM() {
 		ResizeHandler.deregister(this, this._handleResizeBound);
+		if (this._fnTransitionEnd) {
+			this.removeEventListener("transitionend", this._fnTransitionEnd);
+			this._fnTransitionEnd = undefined;
+		}
 	}
 
 	handleResize() {
@@ -622,6 +640,42 @@ class SideNavigation extends UI5Element {
 		return isPhone() || window.innerWidth < SCREEN_WIDTH_BREAKPOINT;
 	}
 
+	_handleExpandCollapseAnimation() {
+		if (!this._bAnimating) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const oDomRef = this.getDomRef();
+		if (!oDomRef) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		oDomRef.classList.add("ui5-sn-animating");
+
+		if (this._fnTransitionEnd) {
+			this.removeEventListener("transitionend", this._fnTransitionEnd);
+		}
+
+		this._fnTransitionEnd = (oEvent: TransitionEvent) => {
+			if (oEvent.propertyName !== "width" && oEvent.propertyName !== "min-width") {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			oDomRef.classList.remove("ui5-sn-animating");
+			this.removeEventListener("transitionend", this._fnTransitionEnd!);
+			this._fnTransitionEnd = undefined;
+			this._bAnimating = false;
+
+			this._getAllItems(this.items)
+				.concat(this._getAllItems(this.fixedItems))
+				.forEach(item => {
+					item.sideNavAnimating = false;
+				});
+		};
+
+		this.addEventListener("transitionend", this._fnTransitionEnd);
+	}
+
 	_handleItemClick(e: KeyboardEvent | MouseEvent, item: SideNavigationSelectableItemBase) {
 		this.fireDecoratorEvent("item-click", { item });
 
diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationItemBase.ts b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationItemBase.ts
index a1781507a77a..466bd786cd8a 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationItemBase.ts
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/SideNavigationItemBase.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ class SideNavigationItemBase extends UI5Element implements ITabbable {
 	@property({ type: Boolean })
 	sideNavCollapsed = false;
 
+	@property({ type: Boolean })
+	sideNavAnimating = false;
+
 	@property({ type: Boolean })
 	inPopover = false;
 
diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigation.css b/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigation.css
index 47fdadb8fa4b..c2379289e2a1 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigation.css
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigation.css
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 	border-radius: inherit;
 }
 
+.ui5-sn-root.ui5-sn-animating {
+	overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 .ui5-sn-flexible {
 	display: flex;
 	flex-direction: column;
@@ -48,6 +52,12 @@
 	position: relative;
 }
 
+.ui5-sn-root.ui5-sn-animating .ui5-sn-list.ui5-sn-flexible,
+.ui5-sn-root.ui5-sn-animating .ui5-sn-list.ui5-sn-fixed {
+	width: var(--_ui5_side_navigation_width);
+	overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 .ui5-sn-list {
 	margin: 0;
 	list-style: none;
diff --git a/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigationItemBase.css b/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigationItemBase.css
index a2f94abb16ba..0645081b1bc7 100644
--- a/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigationItemBase.css
+++ b/packages/fiori/src/themes/SideNavigationItemBase.css
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ and there is an additional border that appears on hover. */
 	justify-content: center;
 }
 
+:host([side-nav-collapsed][side-nav-animating]) .ui5-sn-item {
+	justify-content: flex-start;
+}
+
 :host([slot="fixedItems"]:not(side-nav-collapsed)) .ui5-sn-item.ui5-sn-item-level1 {
 	margin-top: var(--_ui5_side_navigation_first_fixed_item_margin_top); /* space for the focus*/
  }