Как убрать мигание в блоке?

$(document).ready(function() {

  let image = $('.panel__item');
  let title = $('.panel__title');
  let defaultTitle = $('.panel__title').data('default');
  let defaultDesc = $('.panel__text p').data('default');
  let wrap = $('.panel');
  let desc = $('.panel__text p');
  image.on('mouseover', function() {
    
    let currentColor = $(this).data("color");
    let currentTitle = $(this).data("title");
    let currentDesc = $(this).data("text");
    wrap.css("background", currentColor);
    title.text(currentTitle);
    desc.text(currentDesc);

    image.addClass('panel__disabled');
    $(this).addClass('panel__active');
  })

  image.on('mouseout', function() {
    image.removeClass('panel__disabled');
    image.removeClass('panel__active');
    title.text(defaultTitle);
    desc.text(defaultDesc);
    wrap.attr('style', '')
  })
  
  
  });

.panel {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, #004386 0%, #0065CA 100%);
    padding-top: 45px;
    margin-bottom: 16px;
    transition: 0.4s background;
}

.panel__title {
    font-size: 2.9375rem;
    line-height: 1;
    color: #fff;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 17px;
    font-weight: normal;
}

.panel__text {
    min-height: 42px;
    max-width: 760px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    margin-bottom: 70px;
}

.panel__text p {
    font-size: 1.125rem;
    line-height: 1.17;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
}

.panel__wrap {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.panel__item {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    width: calc(100% / 5);
    margin-bottom: 28px;
}

.panel__item:hover .panel__link {
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
}

.panel__image {
    padding: 0 10px;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
}

.panel__image img {
    display: block;
    margin: 0 auto;
    transition: 0.4s opacity;
}

.panel__disabled {
    opacity: 0.25;
}

.panel__active {
    opacity: 1;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<section class="panel" style="">
        <div class="container container--panel">
             <h3 class="panel__title" data-default="title main">title main</h3>
             <div class="panel__text">
                 <p data-default="lorem">lorem</p>
             </div>
             <div class="panel__wrap">
                 <a href="" class="panel__item" data-color="#03a4c7" data-title="Заголовок продукта 1" data-text="Текст про продукт 1">
                    <picture class="panel__image">
                        <source srcset="img/panel/prod1_1x.png 1x, img/panel/prod1_2x.png 2x">
                        <img src="img/panel/prod1_1x.png" alt="panel_1">
                    </picture>
                 </a>
                <a href="" class="panel__item" data-color="#f2a900" data-title="Заголовок продукта 2" data-text="Текст про продукт 2">
                    <picture class="panel__image">
                        <source srcset="img/panel/prod2_1x.png 1x, img/panel/prod2_2x.png 2x">
                        <img src="img/panel/prod2_1x.png" alt="panel_2">
                     </picture>
                 </a>
                 <a href="" class="panel__item" data-color="#003087" data-title="Заголовок продукта 3" data-text="Текст про продукт 3">
                    <picture class="panel__image">
                        <source srcset="img/panel/prod3_1x.png 1x, img/panel/prod3_2x.png 2x">
                         <img src="img/panel/prod3_1x.png" alt="panel_3">
                     </picture>
                 </a>
                <a href="" class="panel__item" data-color="#4f0641" data-title="Заголовок продукта 4" data-text="Текст про продукт 4">
                    <picture class="panel__image">
                        <source srcset="img/panel/prod4_1x.png 1x, img/panel/prod4_2x.png 2x">
                         <img src="img/panel/prod4_1x.png" alt="panel_4">
                     </picture>
                 </a>
                <a href="" class="panel__item" data-color="#8db926" data-title="Заголовок продукта 5" data-text="Текст про продукт 5">
                    <picture class="panel__image">
                         <source srcset="img/panel/prod5_1x.png 1x, img/panel/prod5_2x.png 2x">
                        <img src="img/panel/prod5_1x.png" alt="panel_5">
                     </picture>
                 </a>
             </div>

        </div>
    </section>