diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/manga/components/MangaChapterListItem.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/manga/components/MangaChapterListItem.kt
index cbdffe415d..3a21ec0ed2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/manga/components/MangaChapterListItem.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/manga/components/MangaChapterListItem.kt
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 package eu.kanade.presentation.manga.components
 
 import androidx.compose.foundation.combinedClickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
-import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.sizeIn
-import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Bookmark
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Circle
 import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
+import androidx.compose.material3.LocalContentColor
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.ProvideTextStyle
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
@@ -62,9 +63,25 @@ fun MangaChapterListItem(
             )
             .padding(start = 16.dp, top = 12.dp, end = 8.dp, bottom = 12.dp),
     ) {
-        Column(modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)) {
-            Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(6.dp),
+        ) {
+            Row(
+                horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(2.dp),
+                verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+            ) {
                 var textHeight by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }
+                if (!read) {
+                    Icon(
+                        imageVector = Icons.Filled.Circle,
+                        contentDescription = stringResource(R.string.unread),
+                        modifier = Modifier
+                            .height(8.dp)
+                            .padding(end = 4.dp),
+                        tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                    )
+                }
                 if (bookmark) {
                     Icon(
                         imageVector = Icons.Filled.Bookmark,
@@ -73,23 +90,23 @@ fun MangaChapterListItem(
                             .sizeIn(maxHeight = with(LocalDensity.current) { textHeight.toDp() - 2.dp }),
                         tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
                     )
-                    Spacer(modifier = Modifier.width(2.dp))
                 }
                 Text(
                     text = title,
                     style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium,
+                    color = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = textAlpha),
                     maxLines = 1,
                     overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
                     onTextLayout = { textHeight = it.size.height },
-                    modifier = Modifier.alpha(textAlpha),
                 )
             }
 
-            Spacer(modifier = Modifier.height(6.dp))
-
-            Row(modifier = Modifier.alpha(textSubtitleAlpha)) {
+            Row {
                 ProvideTextStyle(
-                    value = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium.copy(fontSize = 12.sp),
+                    value = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium.copy(
+                        fontSize = 12.sp,
+                        color = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = textSubtitleAlpha),
+                    ),
                 ) {
                     if (date != null) {
                         Text(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/updates/UpdatesUiItem.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/updates/UpdatesUiItem.kt
index 3546ccabe5..630d080cba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/updates/UpdatesUiItem.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/presentation/updates/UpdatesUiItem.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListScope
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.items
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Bookmark
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Circle
 import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
+import androidx.compose.material3.LocalContentColor
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
@@ -191,12 +193,22 @@ fun UpdatesUiItem(
                 text = update.mangaTitle,
                 maxLines = 1,
                 style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium,
+                color = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = textAlpha),
                 overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
-                modifier = Modifier.alpha(textAlpha),
             )
 
             Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
                 var textHeight by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }
+                if (!update.read) {
+                    Icon(
+                        imageVector = Icons.Filled.Circle,
+                        contentDescription = stringResource(R.string.unread),
+                        modifier = Modifier
+                            .height(8.dp)
+                            .padding(end = 4.dp),
+                        tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                    )
+                }
                 if (update.bookmark) {
                     Icon(
                         imageVector = Icons.Filled.Bookmark,
@@ -211,19 +223,19 @@ fun UpdatesUiItem(
                     text = update.chapterName,
                     maxLines = 1,
                     style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                    color = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = textAlpha),
                     overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
                     onTextLayout = { textHeight = it.size.height },
                     modifier = Modifier
-                        .weight(weight = 1f, fill = false)
-                        .alpha(textAlpha),
+                        .weight(weight = 1f, fill = false),
                 )
                 if (readProgress != null) {
                     DotSeparatorText()
                     Text(
                         text = readProgress,
                         maxLines = 1,
+                        color = LocalContentColor.current.copy(alpha = ReadItemAlpha),
                         overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
-                        modifier = Modifier.alpha(ReadItemAlpha),
                     )
                 }
             }