diff --git a/app/design/adminhtml/Magento/backend/web/css/source/components/_messages.less b/app/design/adminhtml/Magento/backend/web/css/source/components/_messages.less
index 8773de61185e2..15cd295885892 100644
--- a/app/design/adminhtml/Magento/backend/web/css/source/components/_messages.less
+++ b/app/design/adminhtml/Magento/backend/web/css/source/components/_messages.less
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
         position: absolute;
         speak: none;
         text-shadow: none;
-        top: 1.5rem;
+        top: 50%;
+        margin-top: -1.25rem;
         width: auto;
     }
 }
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
         content: @alert-icon__error__content;
         font-size: @alert-icon__error__font-size;
         left: 2.2rem;
-        margin-top: .5rem;
+        margin-top: -1.1rem;
     }
 }