diff --git a/crates/ui/src/components/tab.rs b/crates/ui/src/components/tab.rs
index d704846a6834e094a6a6aeb5fcf1fda6ea66c8b2..e6823f46b750488d2903265ef0bda4d4862d8a8f 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/components/tab.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/components/tab.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
+const START_TAB_SLOT_SIZE: Pixels = px(12.);
+const END_TAB_SLOT_SIZE: Pixels = px(14.);
+
 /// The position of a [`Tab`] within a list of tabs.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum TabPosition {
@@ -123,12 +126,12 @@ impl RenderOnce for Tab {
 
         let (start_slot, end_slot) = {
             let start_slot = h_flex()
-                .size(px(12.)) // use px over rem from size_3
+                .size(START_TAB_SLOT_SIZE)
                 .justify_center()
                 .children(self.start_slot);
 
             let end_slot = h_flex()
-                .size(px(12.)) // use px over rem from size_3
+                .size(END_TAB_SLOT_SIZE)
                 .justify_center()
                 .children(self.end_slot);
 
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/pane.rs b/crates/workspace/src/pane.rs
index a9e7304e47d8a8ee4d7bea2b6571aa4686964a48..0c35752165b433d6f480a15dd5a63bd1de9cfba2 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/pane.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/pane.rs
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ impl Pane {
                         .shape(IconButtonShape::Square)
                         .icon_color(Color::Muted)
                         .size(ButtonSize::None)
-                        .icon_size(IconSize::XSmall)
+                        .icon_size(IconSize::Small)
                         .on_click(cx.listener(move |pane, _, window, cx| {
                             pane.unpin_tab_at(ix, window, cx);
                         }))
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ impl Pane {
                     .shape(IconButtonShape::Square)
                     .icon_color(Color::Muted)
                     .size(ButtonSize::None)
-                    .icon_size(IconSize::XSmall)
+                    .icon_size(IconSize::Small)
                     .on_click(cx.listener(move |pane, _, window, cx| {
                         pane.close_item_by_id(item_id, SaveIntent::Close, window, cx)
                             .detach_and_log_err(cx);