diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
index bb1255a17..190aef523 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ StScrollBar {
   border-radius: 1.4em; }
   .calendar-day-base:hover, .calendar-day-base:focus {
     background-color: #0d0d0d; }
-  .calendar-day-base:active {
+  .calendar-day-base:active, .calendar-day-base:selected {
     color: white;
     background-color: #215d9c;
     border-color: transparent; }
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
index 31aac7f7b..d184e5c44 160000
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 31aac7f7b524786965e4c9a1890009ea362b9c87
+Subproject commit d184e5c44ed824ab62fc35a4a8d75cda1f387206
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index d3155edf1..5b6135940 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ StScrollBar {
   border-radius: 1.4em; }
   .calendar-day-base:hover, .calendar-day-base:focus {
     background-color: #454c4c; }
-  .calendar-day-base:active {
+  .calendar-day-base:active, .calendar-day-base:selected {
     color: white;
     background-color: #215d9c;
     border-color: transparent; }
diff --git a/js/ui/calendar.js b/js/ui/calendar.js
index 7958e9d16..ec3732e00 100644
--- a/js/ui/calendar.js
+++ b/js/ui/calendar.js
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ const Calendar = new Lang.Class({
 
         this._buttons.forEach(Lang.bind(this, function(button) {
             if (sameDay(button._date, this._selectedDate)) {
-                button.add_style_pseudo_class('active');
+                button.add_style_pseudo_class('selected');
                 if (this._shouldDateGrabFocus)
                     button.grab_key_focus();
             }
             else
-                button.remove_style_pseudo_class('active');
+                button.remove_style_pseudo_class('selected');
         }));
     }
 });