diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb9f64460e97..e3d2d903ad74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- **Control UI terminal tabs:** vertically center the new-session button in the terminal tab strip.
 - **Control UI composer scrollbar:** show the message-field scrollbar only when the draft actually overflows its autosized height.
 - **Control UI terminal cursor:** hide the browser-native contenteditable caret so the integrated terminal shows only its canvas-rendered cursor.
 - **macOS SSH tunnels:** resolve user-installed SSH `ProxyCommand` helpers through the app's managed PATH while preserving inherited connection environment, so remote aliases work after Finder and sanitized-script launches.
diff --git a/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.test.ts b/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.test.ts
index 220b5dea7df8..bfdf3d807675 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ describe("OpenClawTerminalPanel", () => {
     });
     expect(createOptions?.terminalOptions?.fontFamily).toContain("MesloLGLDZ Nerd Font Mono");
     expect(getComputedStyle(createOptions!.parent).caretColor).toBe("rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)");
+    const styles = (OpenClawTerminalPanel.styles as { cssText: string }).cssText;
+    expect(styles).toMatch(/\.tp-new\s*\{[^}]*align-self:\s*center/u);
     await vi.waitFor(() => {
       expect(requests).toContainEqual({
         method: "terminal.resize",
diff --git a/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.ts b/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.ts
index ae5f82f0ea3d..1418214b8866 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/terminal/terminal-panel.ts
@@ -930,6 +930,9 @@ export class OpenClawTerminalPanel extends LitElement {
       border-radius: 6px;
       padding: 0;
     }
+    .tp-new {
+      align-self: center;
+    }
     .tp-tab__close:hover,
     .tp-new:hover,
     .tp-icon:hover {