diff --git a/packages/components/src/tooltip/style.scss b/packages/components/src/tooltip/style.scss
index 06ce8a290fab35..79739693294c30 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/tooltip/style.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/tooltip/style.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	border-width: 0;
 	color: $white;
 	white-space: nowrap;
+	text-align: center;
 }
 
 .components-tooltip:not(.is-mobile) .components-popover__content {
@@ -28,6 +29,5 @@
 
 .components-tooltip__shortcut {
 	display: block;
-	text-align: center;
 	color: $dark-gray-200;
 }