diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss
index 5fe309920..c5222d084 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ $indicator-colour: $black;
       position: relative;
 
       &:focus {
-        outline: none;
-        box-shadow: -3px 0 0 0 $focus-colour, 3px 0 0 0 $focus-colour;
+        box-shadow: inset 0 -4px $govuk-focus-text-colour;
         border-color: transparent;
         top: -1px;
         margin-bottom: -2px;