diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/grid/_grid-theme.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/grid/_grid-theme.scss
index 599d0b49936..971e7e0c32a 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/grid/_grid-theme.scss
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/grid/_grid-theme.scss
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@
         %grid-cell-text {
             font-style: italic;
             color: --var($theme, 'cell-edited-value-color');
+            padding: 0 1px;
         }
     }