diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.css b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.css
index aadb6a0fba0df..6b43f873ae850 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.css
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.css
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
   background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-transition) 5%, transparent);
 }
 
+.SuspenseRectsRootOutline {
+  outline-width: 4px;
+  border-radius: 0.125rem;
+}
+
 .SuspenseRectsRoot[data-hovered='true'] {
   background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-transition) 15%, transparent);
 }
@@ -100,10 +105,6 @@
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
-.SuspenseRectOutlineRoot {
-  outline-color: var(--color-transition);
-}
-
 .SuspenseRectsBoundary[data-selected='true'] > .SuspenseRectsRect {
    box-shadow: none;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.js
index e08cdc41736b9..221a6c90f823e 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/SuspenseTab/SuspenseRects.js
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ function SuspenseRectsContainer({
   let selectedBoundingBox = null;
   let selectedEnvironment = null;
   if (isRootSelected) {
-    selectedBoundingBox = boundingBox;
     selectedEnvironment = rootEnvironment;
   } else if (inspectedElementID !== null) {
     const selectedSuspenseNode = store.getSuspenseByID(inspectedElementID);
@@ -534,6 +533,7 @@ function SuspenseRectsContainer({
       className={
         styles.SuspenseRectsContainer +
         (hasRootSuspenders ? ' ' + styles.SuspenseRectsRoot : '') +
+        (isRootSelected ? ' ' + styles.SuspenseRectsRootOutline : '') +
         ' ' +
         getClassNameForEnvironment(rootEnvironment)
       }
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ function SuspenseRectsContainer({
             <ScaledRect
               className={
                 styles.SuspenseRectOutline +
-                (isRootSelected ? ' ' + styles.SuspenseRectOutlineRoot : '') +
                 ' ' +
                 getClassNameForEnvironment(selectedEnvironment)
               }