diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-date-selector.ui b/src/gui/gcal-date-selector.ui
index bbb9a557..fa55111d 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-date-selector.ui
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-date-selector.ui
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.12"/>
   <template class="GcalDateSelector" parent="GtkEntry">
     <property name="visible">True</property>
-    <property name="width-chars">16</property>
-    <property name="max-width-chars">16</property>
+    <property name="width-chars">11</property>
+    <property name="max-width-chars">11</property>
     <property name="secondary-icon-name">pan-down-symbolic</property>
     <property name="input-hints">no-emoji</property>
     <signal name="icon-press" handler="icon_pressed_cb" object="GcalDateSelector" swapped="no"/>