diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
index aca9fd72e..87411b8c5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
   <div class="btn-group">
-    <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" (click)="clickSuggest()" [disabled]="disabled() || loading() || (suggestions() && !aiEnabled())" [aria-label]="noSuggestions ? 'No suggestions' : 'Suggest'" i18n-aria-label>
+    <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" (click)="clickSuggest()" [disabled]="disabled() || loading()" [aria-label]="noSuggestions ? 'No suggestions' : 'Suggest'" i18n-aria-label>
       @if (loading()) {
         <div class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm" role="status"></div>
       } @else if (noSuggestions) {
@@ -18,46 +18,44 @@
       }
     </button>
 
-    @if (aiEnabled()) {
-      <div class="btn-group" ngbDropdown #dropdown="ngbDropdown" [popperOptions]="popperOptions">
-        <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" ngbDropdownToggle [disabled]="disabled() || loading() || !suggestions()" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="suggestionsDropdown" aria-label="Suggestions dropdown">
-          <span class="visually-hidden" i18n>Show suggestions</span>
-        </button>
+    <div class="btn-group" ngbDropdown #dropdown="ngbDropdown" [popperOptions]="popperOptions">
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" ngbDropdownToggle [disabled]="disabled() || loading() || !suggestions()" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="suggestionsDropdown" aria-label="Suggestions dropdown">
+        <span class="visually-hidden" i18n>Show suggestions</span>
+      </button>
 
-        <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="suggestionsDropdown" class="shadow suggestions-dropdown">
-          <div class="list-group list-group-flush small pb-0">
-            @if (novelSuggestions === 0 && fieldSuggestions === 0) {
-              <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
-                <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>No novel suggestions</small>
-              </div>
+      <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="suggestionsDropdown" class="shadow suggestions-dropdown">
+        <div class="list-group list-group-flush small pb-0">
+          @if (novelSuggestions === 0 && fieldSuggestions === 0) {
+            <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
+              <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>No novel suggestions</small>
+            </div>
+          }
+          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_tags?.length > 0) {
+            <small class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="tags"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Tags</ng-container></small>
+            @for (tag of suggestions().suggested_tags; track tag) {
+              <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addTag.emit(tag)">{{ tag }}</button>
             }
-            @if (suggestions()?.suggested_tags?.length > 0) {
-              <small class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="tags"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Tags</ng-container></small>
-              @for (tag of suggestions().suggested_tags; track tag) {
-                <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addTag.emit(tag)">{{ tag }}</button>
-              }
+          }
+          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_document_types?.length > 0) {
+            <div class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="hash"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Document Types</ng-container></div>
+            @for (type of suggestions().suggested_document_types; track type) {
+              <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addDocumentType.emit(type)">{{ type }}</button>
             }
-            @if (suggestions()?.suggested_document_types?.length > 0) {
-              <div class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="hash"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Document Types</ng-container></div>
-              @for (type of suggestions().suggested_document_types; track type) {
-                <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addDocumentType.emit(type)">{{ type }}</button>
-              }
+          }
+          @if (suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents?.length > 0) {
+            <div class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="person"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Correspondents</ng-container></div>
+            @for (correspondent of suggestions().suggested_correspondents; track correspondent) {
+              <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addCorrespondent.emit(correspondent)">{{ correspondent }}</button>
             }
-            @if (suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents?.length > 0) {
-              <div class="list-group-item text-uppercase text-muted small"><i-bs class="me-2" name="person"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Correspondents</ng-container></div>
-              @for (correspondent of suggestions().suggested_correspondents; track correspondent) {
-                <button type="button" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="addCorrespondent.emit(correspondent)">{{ correspondent }}</button>
-              }
-            }
-            @if (fieldSuggestions > 0) {
-              <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
-                <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>{fieldSuggestions, plural, =1 {1 suggestion available below} other {{{fieldSuggestions}} suggestions available below}}</small>
-              </div>
-            }
-          </div>
+          }
+          @if (fieldSuggestions > 0) {
+            <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
+              <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>{fieldSuggestions, plural, =1 {1 suggestion available below} other {{{fieldSuggestions}} suggestions available below}}</small>
+            </div>
+          }
         </div>
       </div>
-    }
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   @if (aiEnabled()) {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index 4395c6038..6cc7cb173 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,37 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('No novel suggestions')
   })
 
+  it('should open ML date suggestions with AI disabled', () => {
+    const getSuggestions = jest.spyOn(component.getSuggestions, 'emit')
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('aiEnabled', false)
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('fetchedSources', [SuggestionSource.ML])
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
+      dates: ['2026-01-04', '2026-02-01'],
+    })
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appliedCreated', '2026-01-04')
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    const button = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('button')
+    expect(button.disabled).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(button.querySelector('.badge').textContent.trim()).toBe('1')
+
+    button.click()
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(component.dropdown.isOpen()).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(
+      '1 suggestion available below'
+    )
+    expect(getSuggestions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('button[title="Suggestion options"]')
+    ).toBeNull()
+
+    button.click()
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(component.dropdown.isOpen()).toBeFalsy()
+  })
+
   it('should fetch unfetched sources and show existing suggestions', () => {
     jest.spyOn(component.getSuggestions, 'emit')
     fixture.componentRef.setInput('aiEnabled', true)
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
index 2c04f6ecc..73086ab12 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
   addCorrespondent: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter()
 
   public clickSuggest(): void {
-    if (
-      this.disabled() ||
-      this.loading() ||
-      (this.suggestions() && !this.aiEnabled())
-    ) {
+    if (this.disabled() || this.loading()) {
       return
     }