diff --git a/media/css/m24/components/footer-newsletter.scss b/media/css/m24/components/footer-newsletter.scss
index 1884fd62ee1..e6e048623de 100644
--- a/media/css/m24/components/footer-newsletter.scss
+++ b/media/css/m24/components/footer-newsletter.scss
@@ -179,10 +179,9 @@ $max-footer-content-width: $content-max;
         select {
             font-family: $primary-font;
             width: 100%;
-            background-image: url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret-white.svg');
-            background-repeat: no-repeat;
-            background-size: 16px 16px;
             @include bidi(((background-position, right 8px center, 8px center),));
+            background: $m24-color-light-gray url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret-white.svg') no-repeat;
+            background-size: 16px 16px;
 
             @media #{$mq-lg} {
                 min-width: 100%;
@@ -192,7 +191,10 @@ $max-footer-content-width: $content-max;
             &:focus,
             &:focus-visible,
             &:focus-within {
-                background-image: url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret.svg');
+                color: $m24-color-alt-white;
+                @include bidi(((background-position, right 8px center, 8px center),));
+                background: $m24-color-alt-black url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret.svg') no-repeat;
+                background-size: 16px 16px;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/media/css/m24/components/footer-refresh.scss b/media/css/m24/components/footer-refresh.scss
index 5aa84deee62..25b14426f4c 100644
--- a/media/css/m24/components/footer-refresh.scss
+++ b/media/css/m24/components/footer-refresh.scss
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ $max-footer-content-width: $content-max;
         justify-content: center;
         align-items: flex-start;
     }
+
+    @media #{$mq-lg} {
+        align-items: flex-end;
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -273,21 +277,22 @@ $max-footer-content-width: $content-max;
 
 
 // language form
-.moz24-footer-language {
-    position: relative;
-}
-
 .moz24-c-language-switcher {
     position: relative;
-    border-color: transparent;
+
+    &:has(.mzp-js-language-switcher-select:hover)::before,
+    &:has(.mzp-js-language-switcher-select:focus)::before,
+    &:has(.mzp-js-language-switcher-select:focus-within)::before {
+        background: $m24-color-alt-black url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/globe.svg') center center no-repeat;
+        background-size: 18px 18px;
+    }
 
     &::before {
-        @include bidi(((left, 0, 0), (right, 0, 102px)));
+        @include bidi(((left, 4px, auto), (right, auto, 4px)));
         background: transparent url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/globe-white.svg') center center no-repeat;
         background-size: 18px 18px;
         top: 50%;
         margin-top: -16px;
-        color: $m24-color-white;
         content: "";
         display: block;
         height: 32px;
@@ -315,21 +320,26 @@ $max-footer-content-width: $content-max;
     }
 
     .mzp-js-language-switcher-select {
-        background: $m24-color-alt-white url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret-white.svg') 95px 0.75em no-repeat;
+        @include bidi(((background-position, right 8px center, 8px center),));
+        background: $m24-color-alt-white url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret-white.svg') no-repeat;
         background-size: 16px 16px;
         border-radius: 0;
-        border: $border-width solid transparent;
-        color: $m24-color-black;
+        border: $border-width solid $m24-color-alt-black;
+        color: $m24-color-alt-black;
         font-weight: 600;
         margin-top: 16px;
-        min-width: unset;
         padding-left: 36px;
-        width: 136px;
+        max-width: 100%;
+        width: fit-content;
 
         &:hover,
         &:focus,
-        &:focus-visible {
-            border-color: $m24-color-mid-gray;
+        &:focus-visible,
+        &:focus-within {
+            color: $m24-color-white;
+            background: $m24-color-alt-black url('/media/img/icons/m24-small/down-caret.svg') no-repeat;
+            @include bidi(((background-position, right 8px center, 8px center),));
+            background-size: 16px 16px;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/media/img/icons/m24-small/up-caret.svg b/media/img/icons/m24-small/up-caret.svg
index cfa0ac09fa0..4edb4d0c3a5 100644
--- a/media/img/icons/m24-small/up-caret.svg
+++ b/media/img/icons/m24-small/up-caret.svg
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
-  <path fill="#fff" d="m11.9 6.8 9.3 9.3-2.2 2.1-7.1-7.1-6.9 7-2.2-2.2z"/>
+  <path fill="#010101" d="m11.9 6.8 9.3 9.3-2.2 2.1-7.1-7.1-6.9 7-2.2-2.2z"/>
 </svg>