diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/lists.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/lists.scss
index e96cd671e3470227359d66e5962c510e5055794c..28a0f9871a2a2fed678f6eab4f6d5f103cb26578 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/lists.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/lists.scss
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ ul.content-list {
 }
 
 ul.controls {
-  padding-top: 1px;
   float: right;
   list-style: none;
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/25909-fix-mr-list-timestamp-alignment.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/25909-fix-mr-list-timestamp-alignment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..454d879943219540e0599411add3bc0f2b2b0f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/25909-fix-mr-list-timestamp-alignment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fix mr list timestamp alignment
+merge_request: 8271
+author: