diff --git a/apps/theming/css/default.css b/apps/theming/css/default.css
index 76dd38462a8..af4aa60cc3a 100644
--- a/apps/theming/css/default.css
+++ b/apps/theming/css/default.css
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   --clickable-area-small: 24px;
   --default-grid-baseline: 4px;
 
-  --header-height: 42px;
+  --header-height: 44px;
   --header-menu-item-height: 34px;
   /* An alpha mask to be applied to all icons on the navigation bar (header menu).
    * Icons are have a size of 20px but usually we use MDI which have a content of 16px so 2px padding top bottom,
diff --git a/apps/theming/lib/Themes/DefaultTheme.php b/apps/theming/lib/Themes/DefaultTheme.php
index 9141f83b670..559debb8f46 100644
--- a/apps/theming/lib/Themes/DefaultTheme.php
+++ b/apps/theming/lib/Themes/DefaultTheme.php
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class DefaultTheme implements ITheme {
 			'--default-grid-baseline' => '4px',
 
 			// header / navigation bar
-			'--header-height' => '42px',
+			'--header-height' => '44px',
 			'--header-menu-item-height' => '34px',
 			/* An alpha mask to be applied to all icons on the navigation bar (header menu).
 			 * Icons are have a size of 20px but usually we use MDI which have a content of 16px so 2px padding top bottom,
diff --git a/core/css/variables.scss b/core/css/variables.scss
index bf885b8242f..f1bd0175766 100644
--- a/core/css/variables.scss
+++ b/core/css/variables.scss
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $animation-quick: 100ms;
 $animation-slow: 300ms;
 
 // various structure data
-$header-height: 42px;
+$header-height: 44px;
 $navigation-width: 300px;
 $sidebar-min-width: 300px;
 $sidebar-max-width: 500px;