diff --git a/library/src/math/root.rs b/library/src/math/root.rs
index e1c8d9878..fa41167df 100644
--- a/library/src/math/root.rs
+++ b/library/src/math/root.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
 
-const MIN_INDEX_SHIFT: Em = Em::new(0.35);
-
 /// # Square Root
 /// A square root.
 ///
@@ -123,12 +121,12 @@ fn layout(
     let inner_ascent = extra_ascender + thickness + gap + radicand.ascent();
 
     let mut sqrt_offset = Abs::zero();
+    let mut shift_up = Abs::zero();
     let mut ascent = inner_ascent;
-    let mut shift_up = raise_factor * sqrt.height() - descent;
 
     if let Some(index) = &index {
         sqrt_offset = kern_before + index.width() + kern_after;
-        shift_up.set_max(index.descent() + MIN_INDEX_SHIFT.scaled(ctx));
+        shift_up = raise_factor * sqrt.height() - descent + index.descent();
         ascent.set_max(shift_up + index.ascent());
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/math/root.png b/tests/ref/math/root.png
index 8d9063949..1f08de708 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/math/root.png and b/tests/ref/math/root.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/math/root.typ b/tests/typ/math/root.typ
index 8d3e2de02..fdb37bc1b 100644
--- a/tests/typ/math/root.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/math/root.typ
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ $ v = sqrt((1/2) / (4/5))
 // Test large index.
 $ root(2, x) quad
   root(3/(2/1), x) quad
-  root(1/11, x) $
+  root(1/11, x) quad
+  root(1/2/3, 1) $