diff --git a/src/furo/assets/styles/content/_tables.sass b/src/furo/assets/styles/content/_tables.sass
index 5b995dfd1..226861bbb 100644
--- a/src/furo/assets/styles/content/_tables.sass
+++ b/src/furo/assets/styles/content/_tables.sass
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ table.docutils
     &:last-child
       border-right: none
 
-    // MyST tables set these classes for control of column alignment
-    &:.text-left
+    // MyST-parser tables set these classes for control of column alignment
+    &.text-left
       text-align: left
-    &:.text-right
+    &.text-right
       text-align: right
-    &:.text-center
+    &.text-center
       text-align: center