diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
index 60ae69105..784d85492 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-high-contrast.css
@@ -901,7 +901,10 @@ StScrollBar {
 
 .message-secondary-bin > .event-time {
   color: #999999;
-  font-size: 0.7em; }
+  font-size: 0.7em;
+  /* HACK: the label should be baseline-aligned with a 1em label,
+           fake this with some bottom padding */
+  padding-bottom: 0.13em; }
 
 .message-secondary-bin > StIcon {
   icon-size: 16px; }
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
index 46697744a..296e54514 160000
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 46697744a622a21955a6e16c7e161d2422bc0768
+Subproject commit 296e5451457032e2fd9919135828c213d118664e
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index f3cc69c76..20423b603 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -901,7 +901,10 @@ StScrollBar {
 
 .message-secondary-bin > .event-time {
   color: #8e8e80;
-  font-size: 0.7em; }
+  font-size: 0.7em;
+  /* HACK: the label should be baseline-aligned with a 1em label,
+           fake this with some bottom padding */
+  padding-bottom: 0.13em; }
 
 .message-secondary-bin > StIcon {
   icon-size: 16px; }