diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/settings_dropdown.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/settings_dropdown.vue
index b1f8e583c1f3e7d193cd4de71c1be54f4b416e08..879922f86a220956282b4bad148ee112f8b636cd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/settings_dropdown.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/settings_dropdown.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export default {
     </div>
     <gl-form-checkbox
       data-testid="show-whitespace"
-      class="gl-mt-3 gl-pl-3"
+      class="gl-mt-3 gl-ml-3"
       :checked="showWhitespace"
       @input="toggleWhitespace"
     >
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export default {
     </gl-form-checkbox>
     <gl-form-checkbox
       data-testid="file-by-file"
-      class="gl-pl-3 gl-mb-0"
+      class="gl-ml-3 gl-mb-0"
       :checked="viewDiffsFileByFile"
       @input="toggleFileByFile"
     >
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/tor-defect-mr-cog-checkboxes.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/tor-defect-mr-cog-checkboxes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..adb564bfd154df038ada5ee8f3ad267d9384475c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/tor-defect-mr-cog-checkboxes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix horizontal alignment of MR Changes cog menu dropdown checkboxes
+merge_request: 55591
+author:
+type: fixed