diff --git a/src/components/NcInputField/NcInputField.vue b/src/components/NcInputField/NcInputField.vue
index f262907e22..ac0783f45e 100644
--- a/src/components/NcInputField/NcInputField.vue
+++ b/src/components/NcInputField/NcInputField.vue
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export default {
 		position: absolute;
 		margin-inline: 14px 0;
 		max-width: fit-content;
-		inset-block-start: 11px;
+		inset-block-start: calc((var(--default-clickable-area) - var(--default-line-height)) / 2); // center the label vertically
 		inset-inline: 0;
 		// Fix color so that users do not think the input already has content
 		color: var(--color-text-maxcontrast);