diff --git a/changes/27233-fix-cursor-alignment-issue b/changes/27233-fix-cursor-alignment-issue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..306612d02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/27233-fix-cursor-alignment-issue
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed an issue where the cursor on the SQL editor would sometimes become misaliged
diff --git a/frontend/components/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.tsx b/frontend/components/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.tsx
index 73e88ce8fb..2ccad9fbfa 100644
--- a/frontend/components/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.tsx
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ const SQLEditor = ({
         onBlur={onBlurHandler}
         onLoad={onLoadHandler}
         readOnly={readOnly}
-        setOptions={{ enableLinking: true }}
+        setOptions={{ enableLinking: true, hasCssTransforms: true }}
         showGutter={showGutter}
         showPrintMargin={false}
         theme="fleet"
diff --git a/frontend/components/SQLEditor/_styles.scss b/frontend/components/SQLEditor/_styles.scss
index 331276f1d0..1373278275 100644
--- a/frontend/components/SQLEditor/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/components/SQLEditor/_styles.scss
@@ -53,3 +53,10 @@
     margin: 0;
   }
 }
+
+.sql-editor,
+.sql-editor * {
+  letter-spacing: normal !important;
+  word-spacing: normal !important;
+  font-family: 'SourceCodePro', monospace !important;
+}