diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.css b/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.css
index 5206b537e21cd..3f80670c3896b 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.css
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.css
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ figcaption,
 }
 
 /** === Table === */
-.wp-block-table td, .wp-block-table th {
+body .wp-block-table td, body .wp-block-table th {
   border-color: #767676;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.scss b/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.scss
index c4c79817ae9cd..23ea3d099e921 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.scss
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.scss
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ figcaption,
 
 /** === Table === */
 
-.wp-block-table {
+body .wp-block-table {
 
 	td, th {
 		border-color: $color__text-light;