diff --git a/change/@ni-nimble-components-961874d3-9456-4e57-b9c6-f49f80c38843.json b/change/@ni-nimble-components-961874d3-9456-4e57-b9c6-f49f80c38843.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62c6cc5e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@ni-nimble-components-961874d3-9456-4e57-b9c6-f49f80c38843.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Update internal spacing between elements within the nimble-text-field",
+  "packageName": "@ni/nimble-components",
+  "email": "20542556+mollykreis@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/text-field/styles.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/text-field/styles.ts
index 68f76650e3..d9452d71d9 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/text-field/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/text-field/styles.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
     bodyFont,
     controlLabelFontColor,
     controlLabelDisabledFontColor,
-    mediumPadding
+    smallPadding
 } from '../theme-provider/design-tokens';
 import { appearanceBehavior } from '../utilities/style/appearance';
 import { TextFieldAppearance } from './types';
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ export const styles = css`
         align-items: center;
         justify-content: center;
         border: 0px solid rgba(${borderRgbPartialColor}, 0.3);
-        gap: ${mediumPadding};
+        gap: ${smallPadding};
         padding: ${borderWidth};
+        padding-left: calc(${borderWidth} + ${smallPadding});
     }
 
     :host([readonly]) .root {
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ export const styles = css`
     slot[name='start']::slotted(*) {
         flex: none;
         opacity: 0.6;
+        margin-right: ${smallPadding};
     }
 
     :host([disabled]) slot[name='start']::slotted(*) {
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ export const styles = css`
     [part='end']::after {
         content: '';
         position: absolute;
+        margin-left: calc(-1 * (${borderWidth} + ${smallPadding}));
         bottom: calc(-1 * ${borderWidth});
         width: 0px;
         height: 0px;
@@ -250,6 +253,7 @@ export const styles = css`
             .root {
                 border-width: ${borderWidth};
                 padding: 0;
+                padding-left: ${smallPadding};
             }
         `
     ),
diff --git a/packages/storybook/.storybook/preview.js b/packages/storybook/.storybook/preview.js
index 350b61be46..76bea5bd30 100644
--- a/packages/storybook/.storybook/preview.js
+++ b/packages/storybook/.storybook/preview.js
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ configureActions({
     depth: 1
 });
 
-// Update the GUID on this line to trigger a turbosnap full rebuild: 35fca962-ed23-4476-979e-094c9a0b48f4
+// Update the GUID on this line to trigger a turbosnap full rebuild: 1c1078d9-af89-4624-93d1-7e2639a09ea9
 // See https://www.chromatic.com/docs/turbosnap/#full-rebuilds