diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7477ae6c58f..21657d7edb4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where drag and drop of bib files for opening resulted in uncaught exceptions [#7464](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7464)
 - We fixed an issue where columns shrink in width when we try to enlarge JabRef window. [#6818](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6818)
 - We fixed an issue where Content selector does not seem to work for custom fields. [#6819](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6819)
+- We fixed an issue where font size of the preferences dialog does not update with the rest of the GUI. [#7416](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7416)
 - We fixed an issue in which a linked online file consisting of a web page was saved as an invalid pdf file upon being downloaded. The user is now notified when downloading a linked file results in an HTML file. [#7452](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7452)
 - We fixed an issue where opening BibTex file (doubleclick) from Folder with spaces not working. [#6487](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6487)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/PreferencesDialogView.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/PreferencesDialogView.java
index e0aae949844..fc47d7a3613 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/PreferencesDialogView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/PreferencesDialogView.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public PreferencesDialogView(JabRefFrame frame) {
 
         ControlHelper.setAction(saveButton, getDialogPane(), event -> savePreferencesAndCloseDialog());
 
+        this.getDialogPane().setStyle("-fx-font-size: " + preferencesService.getAppearancePreferences().getMainFontSize() + "pt;");
+
         // ToDo: After conversion of all tabs to mvvm, rework interface and make validSettings bindable
         // Button btnSave = (Button) this.getDialogPane().lookupButton(saveButton);
         // btnSave.disableProperty().bind(viewModel.validSettings().validProperty().not());