diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-50879-cart-my-account-icons-header-patterns b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-50879-cart-my-account-icons-header-patterns
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93e50650c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-50879-cart-my-account-icons-header-patterns
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+
+Improve icon aligment in Essential Header and Minimal Header patterns
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-essential.php b/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-essential.php
index 82fc3f768f6..5521b691efc 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-essential.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-essential.php
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 
 	<!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"10px"}},"layout":{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"nowrap"}} -->
 	<div class="wp-block-group">
+		<!-- wp:navigation {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"24px"}}} /-->
+
 		<!-- wp:group {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"0px"}},"layout":{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"nowrap"}} -->
 		<div class="wp-block-group">
 			<!-- wp:woocommerce/mini-cart {"hasHiddenPrice":true} /-->
 			<!-- wp:woocommerce/customer-account {"displayStyle":"icon_only","iconStyle":"line","iconClass":"wc-block-customer-account__account-icon"} /-->
 		</div>
 		<!-- /wp:group -->
-
-		<!-- wp:navigation {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"24px"}}} /-->
 	</div>
 	<!-- /wp:group -->
 </div>
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-minimal.php b/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-minimal.php
index 589e9ad6f49..18ca4db4a37 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-minimal.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/patterns/header-minimal.php
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 	<div class="wp-block-group">
 		<!-- wp:woocommerce/mini-cart {"hasHiddenPrice":true} /-->
 
-		<!-- wp:navigation {"overlayMenu":"always","layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"left"}} /-->
-
 		<!-- wp:woocommerce/customer-account {"displayStyle":"icon_only","iconStyle":"line","iconClass":"wc-block-customer-account__account-icon","style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"right":"0","left":"0"}}}} /-->
+
+		<!-- wp:navigation {"overlayMenu":"always","layout":{"type":"flex","justifyContent":"left"}} /-->
 	</div>
 	<!-- /wp:group -->
 </div>