diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-components b/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
index 5c62458dc..f56b8c0e5 160000
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5c62458dcb2527eec86386c5a657ee6fae986816
+Subproject commit f56b8c0e59a346bd0c2c36da89a23681a2721f32
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
index 757dcc80c..b9c286de2 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     border-bottom: 0px solid transparent !important;
 
     --tab-block-margin: 2px;
+    --tab-selected-bgcolor: var(--zen-colors-primary);
     grid-gap: 0 !important;
 
     & .tabbrowser-tab {