diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.combobox.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.combobox.css
index 4aac2fb..dae2cfa 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.combobox.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.combobox.css
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
 .ui-combobox-input { padding: 0.2em; margin: 0; }
 .ui-combobox-button { position: absolute; width: 1.8em !important; margin: 0; margin-left: -1px; top: 0; bottom: 0; }
 .ui-combobox-button .ui-button-text { padding: 0em; }
-.ui-combobox .ui-autocomplete { max-height: 10em; overflow-y: auto; overflow-x: hidden; }
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+.ui-combobox .ui-autocomplete { max-height: 10em; overflow-y: auto; overflow-x: hidden; }
+.ui-combobox-highlight { font-weight: bold; }
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.combobox.js b/ui/jquery.ui.combobox.js
index 0e43d94..20dfb22 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.combobox.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.combobox.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                               "(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" +
                               $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term) +
                               ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"),
-                              "<strong>$1</strong>");
+                              '<span class="ui-combobox-highlight">$1</span>');
                     }
                     return optionData;
                   }