diff --git a/assets/sass/styles.scss b/assets/sass/styles.scss
index 26c73ac5bbde..88e9afd15bfb 100644
--- a/assets/sass/styles.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/styles.scss
@@ -110,4 +110,10 @@ main {
     @include transition(all);
 }
 
+.github-widget {
+    > span {
+        @apply flex;
+    }
+}
+
 @tailwind utilities;
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index 3e8eb1b5765a..925a7be91722 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <nav class="bg-black text-white text-sm py-2 px-8 md:px-0">
     <div class="container mx-auto">
-        <ul class="flex justify-end">
+        <ul class="flex justify-end items-center h-6">
             <li class="mr-8"><a href="https://slack.pulumi.io/" target="_blank">Slack</a></li>
             <li class="mr-8"><a href="https://github.com/pulumi" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
             <li class="mr-8"><a href="https://app.pulumi.com/" target="_blank">Console</a></li>
-            <li class="gh-widget">
+            <li class="github-widget">
                 <a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi" data-size="small" data-show-count="true" aria-label="Star pulumi/pulumi on GitHub">Star</a>
             </li>
         </ul>