diff --git a/core/scss/_variables.scss b/core/scss/_variables.scss
index bce62c131..69b7a49a3 100644
--- a/core/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/core/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -1406,6 +1406,8 @@ $dropdown-header-padding-y: $dropdown-padding-y !default;
 $dropdown-max-width: 25rem !default;
 $dropdown-scrollable-height: 13rem !default;
 $combobox-menu-max-height: 300px !default;
+$combobox-search-gap: 0.375rem !default;
+$combobox-search-gap-x: 0.5rem !default;
 $dropdown-item-gap: 0.5rem !default;
 $dropdown-header-padding-bottom: 0.25rem !default;
 $dropdown-menu-columns-gap: 0.25rem !default;
diff --git a/core/scss/ui/forms/_combobox.scss b/core/scss/ui/forms/_combobox.scss
index 3165cd16b..714119f1e 100644
--- a/core/scss/ui/forms/_combobox.scss
+++ b/core/scss/ui/forms/_combobox.scss
@@ -119,11 +119,13 @@
 }
 
 .combobox-search {
-  padding: 0 calc(0.75 * #{$dropdown-padding-y}) calc(0.75 * #{$dropdown-padding-y});
+  padding: 0 $combobox-search-gap-x $combobox-search-gap;
+  margin-top: calc(#{$combobox-search-gap} - #{$dropdown-padding-y});
 }
 
 .combobox-search-input {
   width: 100%;
+  font-size: inherit;
 }
 
 .dropdown-item-label {