diff --git a/draftlogs/6393_fix.md b/draftlogs/6393_fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b19412f058e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/6393_fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ - Disable slider interactions when `staticPlot` is true [[#6393](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6393)]
diff --git a/src/components/sliders/draw.js b/src/components/sliders/draw.js
index 1ad51536c9b..522e1f0209c 100644
--- a/src/components/sliders/draw.js
+++ b/src/components/sliders/draw.js
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ function setActive(gd, sliderGroup, sliderOpts, index, doCallback, doTransition)
 }
 
 function attachGripEvents(item, gd, sliderGroup) {
+    if(gd._context.staticPlot) return;
+
     var node = sliderGroup.node();
     var $gd = d3.select(gd);