diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss b/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss
index 93dd626ecae20f30889cf26c9b27a24d5b880bfb..d285d9791c0727bd60ae317728a7bd11e0f1775f 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss
@@ -1184,6 +1184,8 @@ $sidebar-exclude-facet-padding-left: 1em !default;
 $sidebar-facet-title-padding: 0 !default;
 $sidebar-facet-title-background-color: $brand-secondary !default;
 $sidebar-facet-title-background-color-focus-hover: $button-title-hover-bg !default;
+$sidebar-facet-title-color: $link-color !default;
+$sidebar-facet-title-color-focus-hover: $link-hover-color !default;
 
 // '.badge' in My Account requires a different right and top-padding from standard badges as in facets
 $sidebar-my-account-lists-badge-right-padding: 0 !default;
@@ -1194,9 +1196,10 @@ $sidebar-my-account-danger-success-warning-background: transparent !default;
 $sidebar-my-account-danger-success-warning-padding: 0 !default;
 
 // Sidebar item hover effect (doesn't exist in VF out-of-the-box); active is for selected facets
+$sidebar-item-color: $link-color !default;
 $sidebar-item-hover-color: $link-hover-color !default;
-$sidebar-item-hover-bg: transparentize($brand-secondary, .9) !default;
-$sidebar-item-active-hover-bg: transparentize($brand-primary, .1) !default;
+$sidebar-item-hover-bg: $brand-secondary !default;
+$sidebar-item-active-hover-bg: $brand-primary !default;
 
 
 // Text alignment 'more'-toggles in sidebar;
diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss b/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss
index c0f84e83742b709cb91a0ced8a2970a3e6d464d5..b8b43ab4da353ab9536b8fafb1f03d69a4c6c4e6 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@
   a,
   .text,
   .badge,
-  .title,
-  .help-link {
+  .checkbox,
+  .help-link,
+  .title {
     // Add facet item padding to items
     padding: $sidebar-item-padding;
   }
@@ -139,12 +140,14 @@
   // Focus and hover behaviour for facet titles
   .title {
     background-color: $sidebar-facet-title-background-color;
+    color: $sidebar-facet-title-color;
 
     &:hover,
     &:focus {
       @include outline($outline-default-size);
 
       background-color: $sidebar-facet-title-background-color-focus-hover;
+      color: $sidebar-facet-title-color-focus-hover;
     }
   }
 
@@ -171,11 +174,31 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  ul {
+    border-left: 1px solid $list-group-border;
+    border-right: 1px solid $list-group-border;
+  }
+}
+
+// just for applied filters in advanced search
+.template-name-advanced {
+  .facet-group {
+    label.facet {
+      padding-left: 2.8rem;
+    }
+
+    input[type="checkbox"] {
+      height: unset;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 // Create hover-effect
 .facet,
 .facet a {
+  color: $sidebar-item-color;
+
   &:hover:not(.button),
   &:focus:not(.button) {
     background: $sidebar-item-hover-bg;
diff --git a/themes/finc/templates/search/advanced/layout.phtml b/themes/finc/templates/search/advanced/layout.phtml
index b9906dc7fa71c7034a4cd014610cb99990adbdb8..8f9acb29b1065c2109779d75746b76191b2ff1bb 100644
--- a/themes/finc/templates/search/advanced/layout.phtml
+++ b/themes/finc/templates/search/advanced/layout.phtml
@@ -202,17 +202,20 @@
       <?php if (!empty($searchFilters)): ?>
         <h2><?=$this->transEsc("adv_search_filters")?></h2>
         <div class="facet-group">
-          <label class="checkbox">
+          <?php /* finc: add class facet for consistent styling #23846 */ ?>
+          <label class="facet checkbox">
             <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" class="checkbox-select-all"/>
             <?=$this->transEsc("adv_search_select_all")?>
           </label>
         </div>
         <?php foreach ($searchFilters as $field => $data): ?>
           <div class="facet-group">
-            <div class="title"><?=$this->transEsc($field)?></div>
+            <h3 class="title"><?=$this->transEsc($field)?></h3>
+            <ul>
             <?php foreach ($data as $value): ?>
-              <label class="facet checkbox"><input class="checkbox-select-item" type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="filter[]" value='<?=$this->escapeHtmlAttr($value['field'])?>:"<?=$this->escapeHtmlAttr($value['value'])?>"' /> <?=$this->escapeHtml($value['displayText'])?></label>
+              <li><label class="facet checkbox"><input class="checkbox-select-item" type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="filter[]" value='<?=$this->escapeHtmlAttr($value['field'])?>:"<?=$this->escapeHtmlAttr($value['value'])?>"' /> <?=$this->escapeHtml($value['displayText'])?></label></li>
             <?php endforeach; ?>
+            </ul>
           </div>
         <?php endforeach; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>