Scrolling mouse wheel accidentally changes values

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Hello.
I'm experiencing a major problem in my Linux Mint (LMDE 6 Cinnamon) desktop. When I'm scrolling down applications, then all the DropDown, ComboBox ect. elements accidentally change values when the mouse hovers over them. It is especially painful if this are system options that are changed and there is no Cancel or Apply/Save button.
This issue is described in more detail here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/3092. There also is a patch on the way, but it looks like it's going to take a long time until it's out.
Are there any mitigations or workarounds to this? For example, disabling automatic applying of the changes, at least in the sensible system options/settings?