diff --git a/.changeset/bright-birds-glow.md b/.changeset/bright-birds-glow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3da5347d68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-birds-glow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Fixes vertical alignment of prev/next pagination chevrons
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diff --git a/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.module.css b/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.module.css
index 1c6e2e46d56..e5e8aa26f09 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.module.css
+++ b/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.module.css
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .Page {
-  display: inline-block;
   min-width: 32px; /* primer.control.medium.size */
   height: 32px; /* primer.control.medium.size */
   padding: var(--base-size-8) calc((var(--base-size-32) - var(--base-size-20)) / 2); /* primer.control.medium.paddingInline.condensed primer.control.medium.paddingBlock */
@@ -17,50 +16,24 @@
   background-color: transparent;
   border-radius: var(--borderRadius-medium);
   transition: background-color 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.3, 0, 0.5, 1);
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
 }
 
-@supports (clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 50%, 50% 100%)) {
-  .Page[rel='prev']::before,
-  .Page[rel='next']::after {
-    display: inline-block;
-    width: 16px;
-    height: 16px;
-    vertical-align: text-bottom;
-    content: '';
-    background-color: currentColor;
-  }
+.Page[rel='prev'] > svg,
+.Page[rel='next'] > svg {
+  /* sizing with `em` so icons scale with inherited font-size */
+  height: 1em;
+  width: 1em;
+}
 
-  /* chevron-left */
-  .Page[rel='prev']::before {
-    margin-right: var(--base-size-4);
-    clip-path: polygon(
-      9.8px 12.8px,
-      8.7px 12.8px,
-      4.5px 8.5px,
-      4.5px 7.5px,
-      8.7px 3.2px,
-      9.8px 4.3px,
-      6.1px 8px,
-      9.8px 11.7px,
-      9.8px 12.8px
-    );
-  }
+.Page[rel='prev'] > svg {
+  margin-inline-end: var(--base-size-4);
+}
 
-  /* chevron-right */
-  .Page[rel='next']::after {
-    margin-left: var(--base-size-4);
-    clip-path: polygon(
-      6.2px 3.2px,
-      7.3px 3.2px,
-      11.5px 7.5px,
-      11.5px 8.5px,
-      7.3px 12.8px,
-      6.2px 11.7px,
-      9.9px 8px,
-      6.2px 4.3px,
-      6.2px 3.2px
-    );
-  }
+.Page[rel='next'] > svg {
+  margin-inline-start: var(--base-size-4);
 }
 
 .Page:last-child {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.tsx b/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.tsx
index 556864aa2ca..1d362001705 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Pagination/Pagination.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
+import {ChevronLeftIcon, ChevronRightIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
 import {buildComponentData, buildPaginationModel, type PageDataProps} from './model'
 import type {ResponsiveValue} from '../hooks/useResponsiveValue'
 import {viewportRanges} from '../hooks/useResponsiveValue'
@@ -41,6 +42,19 @@ type UsePaginationPagesParameters = {
   renderPage?: (props: PageProps) => React.ReactNode
 }
 
+type PageLabelProps = {
+  children: React.ReactNode
+  direction?: PageProps['key']
+}
+
+const PageLabel = ({children, direction}: PageLabelProps) => (
+  <>
+    {direction === 'page-prev' ? <ChevronLeftIcon /> : null}
+    {children}
+    {direction === 'page-next' ? <ChevronRightIcon /> : null}
+  </>
+)
+
 function usePaginationPages({
   pageCount,
   currentPage,
@@ -61,14 +75,20 @@ function usePaginationPages({
     return model.map(page => {
       const {props, key, content} = buildComponentData(page, hrefBuilder, pageChange(page.num))
       if (renderPage && props.as !== 'span') {
-        return renderPage({key, children: content, number: page.num, className: classes.Page, ...props})
+        return renderPage({
+          key,
+          children: <PageLabel direction={key}>{content}</PageLabel>,
+          number: page.num,
+          className: classes.Page,
+          ...props,
+        })
       }
       const Component = props.as || 'a'
 
       return (
         // @ts-ignore giving me grief about children and "as" props
         <Component key={key} className={clsx(classes.Page)} {...props}>
-          {content}
+          <PageLabel direction={key}>{content}</PageLabel>
         </Component>
       )
     })