diff --git a/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png b/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png
index 2c361c5fafd..d38f8be78ac 100644
Binary files a/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png and b/test/assets/fakedata/draw_boxes_util.png differ
diff --git a/torchvision/utils.py b/torchvision/utils.py
index 8b23cae6eee..12787433781 100644
--- a/torchvision/utils.py
+++ b/torchvision/utils.py
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ def draw_bounding_boxes(
             draw.rectangle(bbox, width=width, outline=color)
 
         if labels is not None:
-            draw.text((bbox[0], bbox[1]), labels[i], fill=color, font=txt_font)
+            margin = width + 1
+            draw.text((bbox[0] + margin, bbox[1] + margin), labels[i], fill=color, font=txt_font)
 
     return torch.from_numpy(np.array(img_to_draw)).permute(2, 0, 1).to(dtype=torch.uint8)