diff --git a/zed/assets/themes/_base.toml b/zed/assets/themes/_base.toml
index f8f059487a38f9ee5cfc89d76f0f0ec50f9d8a58..57f25eb26fc331311a2dc93536554471ec549602 100644
--- a/zed/assets/themes/_base.toml
+++ b/zed/assets/themes/_base.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ width = 16
 
 [workspace.tab]
 text = "$text.2"
-padding = { left = 10, right = 10 }
+padding = { left = 12, right = 12 }
 icon_width = 8
 spacing = 10
 icon_close = "$text.2.color"