diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c84f5424c4..73e2aad2458 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 - We added a different background color to the search bar to indicate when the search syntax is wrong. [#11658](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11658)
 - We added a setting which always adds the literal "Cited on pages" text before each JStyle citation. [#11691](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11732)
 - We added a new plain citation parser that uses LLMs. [#11825](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11825)
+- By double clicking on a local citation in the Citation Relations Tab you can now jump the the linked entry. [#11955](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11955)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/entryeditor/citationrelationtab/CitationRelationsTab.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/entryeditor/citationrelationtab/CitationRelationsTab.java
index 3ab2a167b9c..48403a3d16d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/entryeditor/citationrelationtab/CitationRelationsTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/entryeditor/citationrelationtab/CitationRelationsTab.java
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ private void styleFetchedListView(CheckListView<CitationRelationItem> listView)
                         Button jumpTo = IconTheme.JabRefIcons.LINK.asButton();
                         jumpTo.setTooltip(new Tooltip(Localization.lang("Jump to entry in library")));
                         jumpTo.getStyleClass().add("addEntryButton");
-                        jumpTo.setOnMouseClicked(event -> {
-                            citingTask.cancel();
-                            citedByTask.cancel();
-                            libraryTab.showAndEdit(entry.localEntry());
-                            libraryTab.clearAndSelect(entry.localEntry());
+                        jumpTo.setOnMouseClicked(event -> jumpToEntry(entry));
+                        hContainer.setOnMouseClicked(event -> {
+                                if (event.getClickCount() == 2) {
+                                    jumpToEntry(entry);
+                                }
                         });
                         vContainer.getChildren().add(jumpTo);
                     } else {
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ private void styleFetchedListView(CheckListView<CitationRelationItem> listView)
         listView.setSelectionModel(new NoSelectionModel<>());
     }
 
+    private void jumpToEntry(CitationRelationItem entry) {
+        citingTask.cancel();
+        citedByTask.cancel();
+        libraryTab.showAndEdit(entry.localEntry());
+        libraryTab.clearAndSelect(entry.localEntry());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @implNote This code is similar to {@link PreviewWithSourceTab#getSourceString(BibEntry, BibDatabaseMode, FieldPreferences, BibEntryTypesManager)}.
      */