diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
index 306388318f0..603585af548 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
   }
   .categories-wrapper {
     display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
     // Protection against a very rare edge case in mobile header for topics with
     // very long category names and lots of tags at the same time
     max-width: 80%;