diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/form/_form.scss b/packages/components/src/components/form/_form.scss
index 1007c2b51aa0..1dd23f6481ba 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/form/_form.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/form/_form.scss
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
     @include type-style('body-short-01');
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
-    flex: 1;
+    // We specify `auto` as the default value so that the form item does
+    // not collapse in IE11 due to a `flex-basis` of 0 only working with
+    // `flex-direction: row`
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
     align-items: flex-start;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/pagination/_pagination.scss b/packages/components/src/components/pagination/_pagination.scss
index dfa19265e65f..6c11d19a16fe 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/pagination/_pagination.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/pagination/_pagination.scss
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ $css--helpers: true;
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--pagination .#{$prefix}--select__arrow {
-    top: auto;
-    bottom: auto;
+    top: 50%;
+    transform: translateY(-50%);
     @include carbon--breakpoint('md') {
       right: $carbon--spacing-05;
     }