diff --git a/apps/web/src/index.css b/apps/web/src/index.css
index 814cfa484dcd6..29d7027309309 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/index.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/index.css
@@ -2133,6 +2133,11 @@ code {
   text-align: start;
 }
 
+/* Inline code sits slightly below its surrounding text, as it does in prose. */
+.chat-markdown table :not(pre) > code {
+  font-size: 0.875em;
+}
+
 .chat-markdown thead th {
   border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--contrast-border) 60%, transparent);
   padding-block: 0.55rem;