diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 31d391e4cd2..fe9faf36a45 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ gem 'redis-namespace'
 
 gem 'active_model_serializers', '~> 0.8.3'
 
-gem 'onebox', '1.9.16'
+gem 'onebox', '1.9.17'
 
 gem 'http_accept_language', '~>2.0.5', require: false
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a03c3d3defa..89de47af239 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ GEM
     omniauth-twitter (1.4.0)
       omniauth-oauth (~> 1.1)
       rack
-    onebox (1.9.16)
+    onebox (1.9.17)
       htmlentities (~> 4.3)
       moneta (~> 1.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.11)
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   omniauth-oauth2
   omniauth-openid
   omniauth-twitter
-  onebox (= 1.9.16)
+  onebox (= 1.9.17)
   openid-redis-store
   parallel_tests
   pg
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
index 240d93308c3..e707724b4d9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
@@ -452,6 +452,13 @@ pre.onebox code {
   .github-content {
     margin: 5px 0 0 0;
   }
+
+  .labels span {
+    // !important required to override inline style attribute
+    background-color: $primary-medium !important;
+    color: $secondary !important;
+    padding: 2px 4px !important;
+  }
 }
 
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