diff --git a/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts b/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts
index a286613cb0..35db8bed2f 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ class HaSidebar extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
         }
 
         ha-md-list-item .item-text {
+          font-family: var(--ha-font-family-body);
           display: none;
           font-weight: 500;
           font-size: 14px;