diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.vue
index fea94a0f7c7dba6c8420673a6ae6c65e7e547c12..fe69e96bd8746678e74317a11d3a95a88889cc74 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.vue
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export default {
       </p>
     </template>
     <template v-else-if="!hasPipeline">
-      <gl-loading-icon size="lg" />
+      <gl-loading-icon size="md" />
       <p
         class="gl-flex-grow-1 gl-display-flex gl-ml-3 gl-mb-0"
         data-testid="monitoring-pipeline-message"