diff --git a/src/components/split-button/__snapshots__/split-button.spec.js.snap b/src/components/split-button/__snapshots__/split-button.spec.js.snap
index cc3381c432..56624e77e3 100644
--- a/src/components/split-button/__snapshots__/split-button.spec.js.snap
+++ b/src/components/split-button/__snapshots__/split-button.spec.js.snap
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ exports[`SplitButton for mint and aegean themes renders styles correctly 1`] = `
   color: var(--colorsActionMajor500);
   display: block;
   margin-left: 0;
-  margin-top: 3px;
-  margin-bottom: 3px;
   min-width: 100%;
   text-align: left;
   z-index: 1000;
@@ -349,8 +347,6 @@ exports[`SplitButton for mint and aegean themes renders styles correctly 1`] = `
   color: var(--colorsActionMajor500);
   display: block;
   margin-left: 0;
-  margin-top: 3px;
-  margin-bottom: 3px;
   min-width: 100%;
   z-index: 1000;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/split-button/split-button-children.style.js b/src/components/split-button/split-button-children.style.js
index bcc8a04f24..8b57121336 100644
--- a/src/components/split-button/split-button-children.style.js
+++ b/src/components/split-button/split-button-children.style.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const StyledSplitButtonChildrenContainer = styled.div`
     min-width: ${({ minWidth }) => minWidth}px;
     white-space: nowrap;
     z-index: ${theme.zIndex.popover};
+    box-shadow: var(--boxShadow100);
 
     ${StyledButton} {
       background-color: var(--colorsActionMajorYang100);
@@ -15,8 +16,6 @@ const StyledSplitButtonChildrenContainer = styled.div`
       color: var(--colorsActionMajor500);
       display: block;
       margin-left: 0;
-      margin-top: 3px;
-      margin-bottom: 3px;
       min-width: 100%;
       text-align: ${align};
       z-index: ${theme.zIndex.overlay};