diff --git a/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl b/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl
index af79490f4d..a572d98bb6 100644
--- a/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/package/shared/list.tmpl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	</div>
 	{{else}}
 		{{if not .HasPackages}}
-			<div class="empty center">
+			<div class="empty-placeholder">
 				{{svg "octicon-package" 48}}
 				<h2>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "packages.empty"}}</h2>
 				{{if and .Repository .CanWritePackages}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/actions/runs_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/actions/runs_list.tmpl
index 37b19f0bdc..b3469a2edc 100644
--- a/templates/repo/actions/runs_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/actions/runs_list.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="flex-list">
 	{{if eq (len .Runs) 0}}
-	<div class="empty center">
+	<div class="empty-placeholder">
 		{{svg "octicon-no-entry" 48}}
 		<h2>{{if $.IsFiltered}}{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runs.no_results"}}{{else}}{{ctx.Locale.Tr "actions.runs.no_runs"}}{{end}}</h2>
 	</div>
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo.css b/web_src/css/repo.css
index db8cd9e687..b39f2f4fbe 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo.css
@@ -1798,10 +1798,12 @@
   flex: 1
 }
 
-.repository.packages .empty,
-.repository.actions .empty {
-  padding-top: 70px;
-  padding-bottom: 100px;
+.empty-placeholder {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding-top: 40px;
+  padding-bottom: 40px;
 }
 
 .repository.packages .file-size {