diff --git a/extern/aurora b/extern/aurora
index 77ad549530..0d05404564 160000
--- a/extern/aurora
+++ b/extern/aurora
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 77ad549530d39d86464b36bcf57798b88f5f3c64
+Subproject commit 0d054045646dbc0033a768243ccc160ab02214c1
diff --git a/res/rml/tabbing.rcss b/res/rml/tabbing.rcss
index 894316ff5c..194ca89f05 100644
--- a/res/rml/tabbing.rcss
+++ b/res/rml/tabbing.rcss
@@ -61,12 +61,10 @@ tab-bar[closable] close {
     font-family: "Material Symbols Rounded";
     font-weight: normal;
     font-size: 24dp;
-    line-height: 48dp;
-    text-align: center;
-    text-transform: none;
     color: rgba(224, 219, 200, 70%);
     backdrop-filter: blur(2dp);
     border-radius: 6dp;
+    decorator: text("" center center);
     transition: color background-color 0.12s linear-in-out;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/src/dusk/ui/tab_bar.cpp b/src/dusk/ui/tab_bar.cpp
index debc6bc992..1a2e74f763 100644
--- a/src/dusk/ui/tab_bar.cpp
+++ b/src/dusk/ui/tab_bar.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ TabBar::TabBar(Rml::Element* parent, Props props)
     : FluentComponent(createRoot(parent)), mProps(std::move(props)) {
     if (mProps.onClose) {
         mRoot->SetAttribute("closable", "");
-        auto& closeButton =
-            add_child<Button>(Button::Props{}, "close").on_pressed([this] { mProps.onClose(); });
-        closeButton.root()->SetInnerRML("&#xe5cd;");
+        add_child<Button>(Button::Props{}, "close").on_pressed([this] { mProps.onClose(); });
         mEndSpacer = append(mRoot, "tab-end-spacer");
     }