diff --git a/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-40-0/_popovers.scss b/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-40-0/_popovers.scss
index b074f5e..a11d53f 100644
--- a/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-40-0/_popovers.scss
+++ b/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-40-0/_popovers.scss
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   .popup-separator-menu-item-separator {
     height: 1px; //not really the whole box
     margin: 0;
-    background-color: $borders_color;
+    background-color: $menu_bd;
 
     .popup-sub-menu & { //submenu separators
       margin: 0 32px 0 0;
diff --git a/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-42-0/_popovers.scss b/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-42-0/_popovers.scss
index 122ebad..2667c47 100644
--- a/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-42-0/_popovers.scss
+++ b/src/sass/gnome-shell/widgets-42-0/_popovers.scss
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     &:rtl { margin-left: 2.5em; }
 
     .popup-separator-menu-item-separator {
-      background-color: $borders_color;
+      background-color: $menu_bd;
     }
   }
 }