diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/modernUI/browser/media/connectedEditorTabs.css b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/modernUI/browser/media/connectedEditorTabs.css
index 55933caa1a4cb5..c9fd57a5cef2b2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/modernUI/browser/media/connectedEditorTabs.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/modernUI/browser/media/connectedEditorTabs.css
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 	content: '';
 	position: absolute;
 	top: 0;
-	bottom: var(--modern-ui-connected-tab-shoulder-radius);
+	bottom: 0;
 	right: var(--modern-ui-connected-tab-shoulder-radius);
 	width: var(--modern-ui-connected-tab-cap-radius);
 	box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/multiEditorTabsControl.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/multiEditorTabsControl.test.ts
index 97b5400cb6b5c7..99f90591dc05db 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/multiEditorTabsControl.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/multiEditorTabsControl.test.ts
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ suite('MultiEditorTabsControl', () => {
 				highContrastRight.push({
 					theme, width,
 					mask: mainWindow.getComputedStyle(overflowEdge, '::after').backgroundColor,
-					capMeetsShoulder: parseFloat(cap.bottom) === parseFloat(shoulder.height),
+					capReachesBottom: parseFloat(cap.bottom) === 0,
 					strokesAlign: capRight - parseFloat(cap.borderRightWidth) === shoulderLeft,
 					baselineAligns: outline.getBoundingClientRect().bottom === tabs.getBoundingClientRect().bottom,
 				});
@@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ suite('MultiEditorTabsControl', () => {
 			hiddenAtFillEdge: ['none', 'none'],
 			highContrast: { clipping: '0px', edge: 'block', connectedClass: true },
 			highContrastRight: [
-				{ theme: 'hc-black', width: 240, mask: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)', capMeetsShoulder: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
-				{ theme: 'hc-black', width: 324, mask: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)', capMeetsShoulder: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
-				{ theme: 'hc-light', width: 240, mask: 'rgb(255, 255, 255)', capMeetsShoulder: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
-				{ theme: 'hc-light', width: 324, mask: 'rgb(255, 255, 255)', capMeetsShoulder: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
+				{ theme: 'hc-black', width: 240, mask: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)', capReachesBottom: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
+				{ theme: 'hc-black', width: 324, mask: 'rgb(0, 0, 0)', capReachesBottom: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
+				{ theme: 'hc-light', width: 240, mask: 'rgb(255, 255, 255)', capReachesBottom: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
+				{ theme: 'hc-light', width: 324, mask: 'rgb(255, 255, 255)', capReachesBottom: true, strokesAlign: true, baselineAligns: true },
 			],
 			reset: '',
 		});