diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/tags/tags.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/tags/tags.component.scss
index 2f06247bd..94da62699 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/tags/tags.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/tags/tags.component.scss
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 }
 
 // Dropdown hierarchy reveal for ng-select options
-:host ::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option {
+::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option {
   overflow-x: auto !important;
 
   .tag-option-row {
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
   }
 }
 
-:host ::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option:hover .hierarchy-reveal,
-:host ::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option.ng-option-marked .hierarchy-reveal {
+::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option:hover .hierarchy-reveal,
+::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option.ng-option-marked .hierarchy-reveal {
   max-width: 1000px;
 }
 
 ::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option:hover .hierarchy-indicator,
-:host ::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option.ng-option-marked .hierarchy-indicator {
+::ng-deep .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-option.ng-option-marked .hierarchy-indicator {
   background: transparent;
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/styles.scss b/src-ui/src/styles.scss
index b02ae6a24..55cbff7f9 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/styles.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/styles.scss
@@ -374,17 +374,6 @@ th[pngxSortable] {
       }
     }
 
-    .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-marked {
-      background-color: var(--pngx-bg-darker) !important;
-      color: var(--pngx-body-color-accent) !important;
-    }
-
-    .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-selected,
-    .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-selected.ng-option-marked {
-      font-weight: bold;
-      background-color: var(--pngx-bg-alt2) !important;
-    }
-
     &.ng-select-multiple .ng-select-container .ng-value-container .ng-placeholder,
     .ng-select-container .ng-value-container .ng-placeholder {
       top: 7px;
@@ -402,6 +391,22 @@ th[pngxSortable] {
   }
 }
 
+// ng-select renders the dropdown panel in a CDK overlay outside the component
+.ng-dropdown-panel {
+  font-size: var(--pngx-body-font-size);
+
+  .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-marked {
+    background-color: var(--pngx-bg-darker) !important;
+    color: var(--pngx-body-color-accent) !important;
+  }
+
+  .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-selected,
+  .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-selected.ng-option-marked {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    background-color: var(--pngx-bg-alt2) !important;
+  }
+}
+
 .paperless-input-tags {
   .ng-select.ng-select-multiple .ng-select-container .ng-value-container .ng-value {
     background-color: transparent;
diff --git a/src-ui/src/theme.scss b/src-ui/src/theme.scss
index afee1f311..f3d75369b 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/theme.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/theme.scss
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ $form-check-radio-checked-bg-image-dark: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='h
     mix-blend-mode: luminosity;
   }
 
-  .paperless-input-select .ng-select .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option:not(.ng-option-selected):hover,
-  .paperless-input-select .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-marked {
+  .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option:not(.ng-option-selected):hover,
+  .ng-dropdown-panel .ng-dropdown-panel-items .ng-option.ng-option-marked {
     background-color: var(--bs-light) !important;
   }