diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nInputLabel/InputLabel.vue b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nInputLabel/InputLabel.vue
index b08090bbed..5353516798 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nInputLabel/InputLabel.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nInputLabel/InputLabel.vue
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const addTargetBlank = (html: string) =>
 						:class="[$style.infoIcon, showTooltip ? $style.visible : $style.hidden]"
 					>
 						<N8nTooltip placement="top" :popper-class="$style.tooltipPopper" :show-after="300">
-							<N8nIcon icon="question-circle" size="small" />
+							<N8nIcon :class="$style.icon" icon="question-circle" size="small" />
 							<template #content>
 								<div v-n8n-html="addTargetBlank(tooltipText)" />
 							</template>
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ const addTargetBlank = (html: string) =>
 	}
 }
 
+.infoIcon:has(.icon[aria-describedby]) {
+	opacity: 1;
+}
+
 .trailing-content {
 	display: flex;
 	gap: var(--spacing-3xs);
diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/directives/n8n-html.ts b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/directives/n8n-html.ts
index 9ce3aa8439..3cf0680637 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/directives/n8n-html.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/directives/n8n-html.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sanitize from 'sanitize-html';
-import type { DirectiveBinding, ObjectDirective } from 'vue';
+import type { DirectiveBinding, FunctionDirective } from 'vue';
 
 /**
  * Custom directive `n8nHtml` to replace v-html from Vue to sanitize content.
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ const configuredSanitize = (html: string) =>
 		},
 	});
 
-export const n8nHtml: ObjectDirective = {
-	beforeMount(el: HTMLElement, binding: DirectiveBinding<string>) {
+export const n8nHtml: FunctionDirective<HTMLElement, string> = (
+	el: HTMLElement,
+	binding: DirectiveBinding<string>,
+) => {
+	if (binding.value !== binding.oldValue) {
 		el.innerHTML = configuredSanitize(binding.value);
-	},
-	beforeUpdate(el: HTMLElement, binding: DirectiveBinding<string>) {
-		el.innerHTML = configuredSanitize(binding.value);
-	},
+	}
 };