diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f62f79d5404..3a242501005 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- We fixed an issue where clicking the group expansion pane/arrow caused the node to be selected, when it should just expand/detract the node - [#10111](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/10111)
 - We fixed an issue where the browser import would add ' characters before the BibTeX entry on Linux. [#9588](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9588)
 - We fixed an issue where searching for a specific term with the DOAB fetcher lead to an exception. [#9571](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9571)
 - We fixed an issue where the "Import" -> "Library to import to" did not show the correct library name if two opened libraries had the same suffix. [#9567](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9567)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java
index 81c7327aa72..e34fefb9de4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ private void initialize() {
 
         new ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory<GroupNodeViewModel>()
                 .withContextMenu(this::createContextMenuForGroup)
-                .withOnMousePressedEvent((row, event) -> {
+                .withEventFilter(MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, (row, event) -> {
                     if (event.getTarget() instanceof StackPane pane) {
                         if (pane.getStyleClass().contains("arrow") || pane.getStyleClass().contains("tree-disclosure-node")) {
                             event.consume();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory.java
index cae8d1c353c..acb4ee65fd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
 import javafx.css.PseudoClass;
+import javafx.event.Event;
+import javafx.event.EventType;
 import javafx.geometry.Bounds;
 import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
 import javafx.scene.control.ContextMenu;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ public class ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory<S> implements Callback<TreeTableView<S
     private TriConsumer<TreeTableRow<S>, S, ? super DragEvent> toOnDragExited;
     private TriConsumer<TreeTableRow<S>, S, ? super DragEvent> toOnDragOver;
     private TriConsumer<TreeTableRow<S>, S, ? super MouseDragEvent> toOnMouseDragEntered;
+    private final Map<EventType<?>, BiConsumer<S, ? super Event>> eventFilters = new HashMap<>();
     private final Map<PseudoClass, Callback<TreeTableRow<S>, ObservableValue<Boolean>>> pseudoClasses = new HashMap<>();
 
     public ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory<S> withOnMouseClickedEvent(BiConsumer<S, ? super MouseEvent> event) {
@@ -114,6 +117,11 @@ public ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory<S> withPseudoClass(PseudoClass pseudoClass,
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ViewModelTreeTableRowFactory<S> withEventFilter(EventType<?> event, BiConsumer<S, ? super Event> toCondition) {
+        this.eventFilters.putIfAbsent(event, toCondition);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public void install(TreeTableView<S> table) {
         table.setRowFactory(this);
     }
@@ -192,6 +200,10 @@ protected void updateItem(S row, boolean empty) {
                         setOnMouseDragEntered(event -> toOnMouseDragEntered.accept(this, getItem(), event));
                     }
 
+                    for (Map.Entry<EventType<?>, BiConsumer<S, ? super Event>> eventFilter : eventFilters.entrySet()) {
+                        addEventFilter(eventFilter.getKey(), event -> eventFilter.getValue().accept(getItem(), event));
+                    }
+
                     for (Map.Entry<PseudoClass, Callback<TreeTableRow<S>, ObservableValue<Boolean>>> pseudoClassWithCondition : pseudoClasses.entrySet()) {
                         ObservableValue<Boolean> condition = pseudoClassWithCondition.getValue().call(this);
                         subscriptions.add(BindingsHelper.includePseudoClassWhen(