diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/team/user.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/team/user.hbs
index 40344e79bf..ba215cff08 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/team/user.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/team/user.hbs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <form class="user-profile" novalidate="novalidate" autocomplete="off" {{action (perform save) on="submit"}}>
 
           <figure class="user-cover" style={{coverImageBackground}}>
-              <button class="gh-btn gh-btn-default user-cover-edit" {{action "toggleUploadCoverModal"}}><span>Change Cover</span></button>
+              <button type="button" class="gh-btn gh-btn-default user-cover-edit" {{action "toggleUploadCoverModal"}}><span>Change Cover</span></button>
               {{#if showUploadCoverModal}}
                   {{gh-fullscreen-modal "upload-image"
                                         model=(hash model=user imageProperty="coverImage")