diff --git a/ui_framework/dist/ui_framework.css b/ui_framework/dist/ui_framework.css
index b5e2ba1ed8529..062ae972092a9 100644
--- a/ui_framework/dist/ui_framework.css
+++ b/ui_framework/dist/ui_framework.css
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ time, mark, audio, video {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0;
-  font-size: 100%;
   font: inherit;
   /* 1 */
+  font-size: 16px;
   font-family: inherit;
   /* 1 */
   vertical-align: baseline; }
diff --git a/ui_framework/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss b/ui_framework/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
index 70f70e3009529..038919c2ccd5e 100644
--- a/ui_framework/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
+++ b/ui_framework/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ time, mark, audio, video {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0;
-  font-size: 100%;
   font: inherit; /* 1 */
+  font-size: $kuiFontSize;
   font-family: inherit; /* 1 */
   vertical-align: baseline;
 }