diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e78b988..227e2d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This website is built from the `HEAD` of the `main` branch of the theme reposito
 
 Code changes to `main` that are *not* in the latest release:
 
-- N/A
+- Fixed: incorrect positioning of clickable area for navigation links on Safari by [@mattxwang] in [#1403]
 
 Docs changes made since the latest release:
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Docs changes made since the latest release:
 [@mitchnemirov]: https://github.com/mitchnemirov
 
 [#1390]: https://github.com/just-the-docs/just-the-docs/pull/1390
+[#1403]: https://github.com/just-the-docs/just-the-docs/pull/1403
 
 ## Release v0.7.0
 
diff --git a/assets/js/just-the-docs.js b/assets/js/just-the-docs.js
index b7e3655..4f0296d 100644
--- a/assets/js/just-the-docs.js
+++ b/assets/js/just-the-docs.js
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ function navLink() {
 function scrollNav() {
   const targetLink = navLink();
   if (targetLink) {
-    const rect = targetLink.getBoundingClientRect();
-    document.getElementById('site-nav').scrollBy(0, rect.top - 3*rect.height);
+    targetLink.scrollIntoView({ block: "center" });
     targetLink.removeAttribute('href');
   }
 }