diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/participants.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/participants.vue
index 0bb6696286c3827cacbd15d355a6a63726244091..2f25c2fd4b033faff35e94dc5a225ed4513d1317 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/participants.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/participants.vue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
     numberOfLessParticipants: {
       type: Number,
       required: false,
-      default: 7,
+      default: 8,
     },
     showParticipantLabel: {
       type: Boolean,
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export default {
             :size="24"
             :tooltip-text="participant.name"
             :img-alt="participant.name"
-            css-classes="avatar-inline"
+            css-classes="gl-mr-0!"
             tooltip-placement="bottom"
           />
         </a>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/sidebar_participants_widget.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/sidebar_participants_widget.vue
index f266d8791fdad4315a9dd349ce89a3e580df8b94..46a04725a497529e26b56615f3f40592ccfdd57a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/sidebar_participants_widget.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar/components/participants/sidebar_participants_widget.vue
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default {
   <participants
     :loading="isLoading"
     :participants="participants"
-    :number-of-less-participants="7"
+    :number-of-less-participants="8"
     :lazy="false"
     class="block participants"
     @toggleSidebar="toggleSidebar"
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
index dc6bdb3ff465a141c4a45187a4954e6eccaf908a..85205f4d5acbb5ee06c3a3e7eced828e24935e07 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
 }
 
 .participants-author {
-  &:nth-of-type(7n) {
+  &:nth-of-type(8n) {
     padding-right: 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/frontend/design_management/pages/design/__snapshots__/index_spec.js.snap b/spec/frontend/design_management/pages/design/__snapshots__/index_spec.js.snap
index 3177a5e016c47110b588aa5d721ce0756d152729..d86fbf81d2086841fee9bc19d6f79c8a6808fbe9 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/design_management/pages/design/__snapshots__/index_spec.js.snap
+++ b/spec/frontend/design_management/pages/design/__snapshots__/index_spec.js.snap
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ exports[`Design management design index page renders design index 1`] = `
     <participants-stub
       class="gl-mb-4"
       lazy="true"
-      numberoflessparticipants="7"
+      numberoflessparticipants="8"
       participants="[object Object]"
     />
      
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ exports[`Design management design index page with error GlAlert is rendered in c
     <participants-stub
       class="gl-mb-4"
       lazy="true"
-      numberoflessparticipants="7"
+      numberoflessparticipants="8"
       participants="[object Object]"
     />