diff --git a/js/components/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx b/js/components/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx
index a0655ab0..98c57d41 100644
--- a/js/components/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx
+++ b/js/components/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const Checkbox = forwardRef<any, CheckboxProps>(
               <Text
                 size={size === "sm" ? "sm" : size === "lg" ? "lg" : "base"}
                 color={disabled ? "muted" : "default"}
-                leading="loose"
+                leading="snug"
               >
                 {label}
               </Text>
diff --git a/js/components/src/components/ui/primitives/text.tsx b/js/components/src/components/ui/primitives/text.tsx
index d5a2731a..b73a246e 100644
--- a/js/components/src/components/ui/primitives/text.tsx
+++ b/js/components/src/components/ui/primitives/text.tsx
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ export const TextRoot = forwardRef<RNText, TextPrimitiveProps>(
         if (typeof fontSize === "number" && !styleObj.lineHeight && !leading) {
           return {
             ...styleObj,
-            lineHeight: fontSize * 1.2,
+            lineHeight: fontSize,
           };
         }
       }
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ export function createTextStyle(
     if (props.leading === undefined) {
       style.lineHeight =
         typeof props.size === "number"
-          ? props.size * 1.2 // Auto line height for numeric sizes
+          ? props.size
           : sizeLineHeightMap[props.size];
     }
   }