diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/filters.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/filters.scss
index 551a7e852ae..5d79610b21e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/filters.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/filters.scss
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@
   .form-control {
     position: relative;
     min-width: 200px;
-    padding: 5px 25px 6px 0;
+    padding-right: 25px;
+    padding-left: 0;
+    height: $input-height;
+    line-height: inherit;
     border-color: transparent;
 
     &:focus,
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-search-bar.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-search-bar.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4c0c1efddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-search-bar.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix search bar text input alignment
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: fixed