diff --git a/caravel/assets/visualizations/histogram.css b/caravel/assets/visualizations/histogram.css
index 05fc08651..7a59c088e 100644
--- a/caravel/assets/visualizations/histogram.css
+++ b/caravel/assets/visualizations/histogram.css
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 .axis text {
   font-family: "Roboto", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-  font-weight: bold;
-  font-size: 15px;  
+  font-size: 11px;
 }
 
 .axis path, .axis line {