diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-components b/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
index 220c9b42a..324291903 160000
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 220c9b42a5ed20057a92fbb7cbc25198fd79d6e0
+Subproject commit 32429190339d4e7873cc6dd2938723651bf00bbd
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 7df452985..4dc888dac 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
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     border-bottom: 0px solid transparent !important;
 
     --tab-block-margin: 2px;
-    --tab-selected-bgcolor: light-dark(rgba(255,255,255,.7), color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-colors-secondary) 50%, transparent 50%));
+    --tab-selected-bgcolor: light-dark(rgba(255,255,255,.7), color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-colors-secondary) 50%, rgba(255,255,255,.2) 50%));
     grid-gap: 0 !important;
 
     &[overflow]::after,
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
       #navigator-toolbox[zen-expanded='true']:not([zen-user-hover='true'])
     ) {
     --zen-toolbox-min-width: fit-content;
+    --tab-icon-end-margin: 8.5px;
     padding: var(--zen-toolbox-padding);
     padding-left: 0;
     padding-top: 0;
@@ -223,6 +224,10 @@
       min-width: 150px;
     }
 
+    & #tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox-periphery {
+      margin-inline: var(--tab-block-margin);
+    }
+
     & #zen-sidebar-top-buttons {
       padding-left: var(--zen-toolbox-padding);
     }
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css
index 32a761037..f2a4153a7 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-theme.css
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
     color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color) 40%, white 60%)
   ) !important;
   --in-content-primary-button-background-active: light-dark(
-    color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color) 30%, black 70%),
-    color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color) 30%, white 70%)
+    color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color) 50%, black 50%),
+    color-mix(in srgb, var(--zen-primary-color) 80%, rgba(255,255,255,.2) 20%)
   ) !important;
   --in-content-primary-button-text-color: light-dark(white, black) !important;
   --in-content-primary-button-border-color: transparent !important;