diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-change-view/gr-change-view.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-change-view/gr-change-view.html
index bb874735ca..fd73d1fbcc 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-change-view/gr-change-view.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-change-view/gr-change-view.html
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       }
       paper-tab {
         box-sizing: border-box;
-        max-width: 15rem;
+        max-width: 12em;
         --paper-tab-ink: var(--link-color);
       }
       gr-thread-list,
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/styles/shared-styles.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/styles/shared-styles.html
index da424a5083..2c006206fe 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/styles/shared-styles.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/styles/shared-styles.html
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ limitations under the License.
         --paper-toggle-button-checked-bar-color: var(--link-color);
         --paper-toggle-button-checked-button-color: var(--link-color);
       }
+      paper-tabs {
+        --paper-tab-content-focused: {
+          /* paper-tabs uses 700 here, which can look awkward */
+          font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);
+        };
+        --paper-tab-content-unselected: {
+          /* paper-tabs uses 0.8 here, but we want to control the color directly */
+          opacity: 1;
+          color: var(--deemphasized-text-color);
+        };      }
       strong {
         font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold);
       }