diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs
index 623243e9e1..9877efa127 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
                 Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                 Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                 Alpha = 0,
-                Scale = new Vector2(0.7f),
+                Scale = new Vector2(TaikoLegacyHitTarget.SCALE),
                 Colour = new Colour4(255, 228, 0, 255),
             };
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
             if (!result.IsHit || !isKiaiActive)
                 return;
 
-            sprite.ScaleTo(0.85f).Then()
-                  .ScaleTo(0.7f, 80, Easing.OutQuad);
+            sprite.ScaleTo(TaikoLegacyHitTarget.SCALE + 0.15f).Then()
+                  .ScaleTo(TaikoLegacyHitTarget.SCALE, 80, Easing.OutQuad);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/TaikoLegacyHitTarget.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/TaikoLegacyHitTarget.cs
index 0b43f1c845..2a008d81d9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/TaikoLegacyHitTarget.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/TaikoLegacyHitTarget.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
 {
     public partial class TaikoLegacyHitTarget : CompositeDrawable
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// In stable this is 0.7f (see https://github.com/peppy/osu-stable-reference/blob/7519cafd1823f1879c0d9c991ba0e5c7fd3bfa02/osu!/GameModes/Play/Rulesets/Taiko/RulesetTaiko.cs#L592)
+        /// but for whatever reason this doesn't match visually.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const float SCALE = 0.8f;
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(ISkinSource skin)
         {
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
                 new Sprite
                 {
                     Texture = skin.GetTexture("approachcircle"),
-                    Scale = new Vector2(0.83f),
+                    Scale = new Vector2(SCALE + 0.03f),
                     Alpha = 0.47f, // eyeballed to match stable
                     Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                     Origin = Anchor.Centre,
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
                 new Sprite
                 {
                     Texture = skin.GetTexture("taikobigcircle"),
-                    Scale = new Vector2(0.8f),
+                    Scale = new Vector2(SCALE),
                     Alpha = 0.22f, // eyeballed to match stable
                     Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                     Origin = Anchor.Centre,