diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/tabs/_tabs-theme.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/tabs/_tabs-theme.scss
index cf817cbca0c..eb84d4000a1 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/tabs/_tabs-theme.scss
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/core/styles/components/tabs/_tabs-theme.scss
@@ -61,23 +61,23 @@
     %tabs-header {
         overflow: hidden;
         flex: 0 0 auto;
-        background: var-get($theme, 'item-background');
         z-index: 1;
 
-	    @if $bootstrap-theme {
-		    position: relative;
-
-		    &::after {
-			    content: '';
-			    position: absolute;
-			    bottom: 0;
-			    inset-inline-start: 0;
-			    width: 100%;
-			    height: rem(1px);
-			    background: var-get($theme, 'border-color');
-			    z-index: 0;
-		    }
-	    }
+        @if $bootstrap-theme {
+            position: relative;
+            background: var-get($theme, 'item-background');
+
+            &::after {
+                content: '';
+                position: absolute;
+                bottom: 0;
+                inset-inline-start: 0;
+                width: 100%;
+                height: rem(1px);
+                background: var-get($theme, 'border-color');
+                z-index: 0;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     %tabs-header-content {
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
         @if $not-bootstrap-theme {
             transition: all .3s $tabs-animation-function;
             border: rem(1px) solid var-get($theme, 'border-color');
+            border-radius: var-get($theme, 'border-radius');
 
             &:hover,
             &:focus {
diff --git a/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.html b/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.html
index f90f445539c..bd9df358a8a 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.html
+++ b/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             @for (contact of contacts; track contact.id) {
                 <igc-tab [selected]="contact.id === selectedTabId">
                     @if(!properties.hideIcon) {
-                        <igx-icon slot="label">folder</igx-icon>
+                        <igc-icon name="folder" slot="label"></igc-icon>
                     }
                     @if(!properties.hideText) {
                     <span slot="label">{{ contact.text }}</span>
diff --git a/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.ts b/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.ts
index b271789cfb2..fcf308b106f 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.ts
+++ b/src/app/tabs-showcase/tabs-showcase.sample.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ import {
     defineComponents,
     IgcTabsComponent,
     IgcTabComponent,
+    IgcIconComponent,
+    registerIconFromText
 } from 'igniteui-webcomponents';
 import {
     PropertyChangeService,
     Properties,
 } from '../properties-panel/property-change.service';
 
-defineComponents(IgcTabsComponent, IgcTabComponent);
+defineComponents(IgcTabsComponent, IgcTabComponent, IgcIconComponent);
+
+registerIconFromText(
+    'folder',
+    '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="24px" viewBox="0 -960 960 960" width="24px"><path d="M160-160q-33 0-56.5-23.5T80-240v-480q0-33 23.5-56.5T160-800h240l80 80h320q33 0 56.5 23.5T880-640v400q0 33-23.5 56.5T800-160H160Z"/></svg>'
+);
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-tabs-showcase-sample',