diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index 2b81ce3..8b6bfd2 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 ;; Variables
 ;;
 
-(defvar doom-modeline-height 23
+(defvar doom-modeline-height 29
   "How tall the mode-line should be (only respected in GUI Emacs).")
 
 (defvar doom-modeline-bar-width 3