diff --git a/react/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/components/Suggestions.tsx b/react/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/components/Suggestions.tsx
index 9aa93548..fc1788f4 100644
--- a/react/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/components/Suggestions.tsx
+++ b/react/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/components/Suggestions.tsx
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ import React, { Component, Fragment, MouseEvent } from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
-import "./Suggestions.css";
+
 import TreeNodeSelection from "../utils/TreeNodeSelection";
 import { TreeDataNodeMetaData } from "../utils/TreeDataNodeTypes";
+import { findHighestZIndex } from "../../../utils/dom";
+
+import "./Suggestions.css";
 
 type SuggestionsProps = {
     suggestionsRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
@@ -418,9 +421,7 @@ class Suggestions extends Component<SuggestionsProps> {
               };
 
         const zIndex = this.positionRef.current
-            ? parseInt(
-                  window.getComputedStyle(this.positionRef.current, null).zIndex
-              )
+            ? findHighestZIndex(this.positionRef.current) + 1
             : 99;
 
         ReactDOM.render(
diff --git a/react/src/lib/utils/dom.ts b/react/src/lib/utils/dom.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e014da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/src/lib/utils/dom.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export const findHighestZIndex = (element: Element): number => {
+    let currentElement: Element | null = element;
+    let highestZIndex = 0;
+    while (currentElement) {
+        const currentZIndex = parseInt(
+            window.getComputedStyle(currentElement, null).zIndex
+        );
+        if (!isNaN(currentZIndex)) {
+            highestZIndex = Math.max(highestZIndex, currentZIndex);
+        }
+        currentElement = currentElement.parentElement;
+    }
+    return highestZIndex;
+};