diff --git a/terminus-terminal/package.json b/terminus-terminal/package.json
index c8997790..8aab6657 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/package.json
+++ b/terminus-terminal/package.json
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
     "runes": "^0.4.2",
     "slug": "^2.0.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.2",
-    "xterm": "4.3.0",
+    "xterm": "^4.4.0-beta.15",
     "xterm-addon-fit": "^0.4.0-beta2",
     "xterm-addon-ligatures": "^0.2.1",
     "xterm-addon-search": "^0.4.0",
-    "xterm-addon-webgl": "^0.4.0",
+    "xterm-addon-webgl": "^0.5.0-beta.7",
     "zmodem.js": "^0.1.9"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index adce102e..ba006e62 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
     protected enableWebGL = false
     private xterm: Terminal
     private configuredFontSize = 0
+    private configuredLinePadding = 0
     private zoom = 0
     private resizeHandler: () => void
     private configuredTheme: ITheme = {}
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         this.xterm.setOption('macOptionIsMeta', config.terminal.altIsMeta)
         this.xterm.setOption('scrollback', 100000)
         this.configuredFontSize = config.terminal.fontSize
+        this.configuredLinePadding = config.terminal.linePadding
         this.setFontSize()
 
         this.copyOnSelect = config.terminal.copyOnSelect
@@ -247,7 +249,10 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
     }
 
     private setFontSize () {
-        this.xterm.setOption('fontSize', this.configuredFontSize * Math.pow(1.1, this.zoom))
+        const scale = Math.pow(1.1, this.zoom)
+        this.xterm.setOption('fontSize', this.configuredFontSize * scale)
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-plus-operands
+        this.xterm.setOption('lineHeight', (this.configuredFontSize + this.configuredLinePadding * 2) / this.configuredFontSize * scale)
         this.resizeHandler()
     }
 
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock b/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock
index 00228dc0..07affad2 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock
+++ b/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock
@@ -249,15 +249,15 @@ xterm-addon-search@^0.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm-addon-search/-/xterm-addon-search-0.4.0.tgz#a7beadb3caa7330eb31fb1f17d92de25537684a1"
   integrity sha512-g07qb/Z4aSfrQ25e6Z6rz6KiExm2DvesQXkx+eA715VABBr5VM/9Jf0INoCiDSYy/nn7rpna+kXiGVJejIffKg==
 
-xterm-addon-webgl@^0.4.0:
-  version "0.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm-addon-webgl/-/xterm-addon-webgl-0.4.1.tgz#c245f3310e7dbb0759e5eabaf125bbc9c9ab3955"
-  integrity sha512-z/YRmAji7y3ngjvSgoNCQxqYioarNplNqWv/KgtF4nRkBTWkhLHAg1QFNcH7XxUV/O8VuZoGAfp4LPX2hVz/yQ==
+xterm-addon-webgl@^0.5.0-beta.7:
+  version "0.5.0-beta.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm-addon-webgl/-/xterm-addon-webgl-0.5.0-beta.7.tgz#b7b95a362e942ad6f86fa286d7b7bd8ee3e7cf67"
+  integrity sha512-v6aCvhm1C6mvaurGwUYQfyhb2cAUyuVnzf3Ob/hy5ebtyzUj4wW0N9NbqDEJk67UeMi1lV2xZqrO5gNeTpVqFA==
 
-xterm@4.3.0:
-  version "4.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm/-/xterm-4.3.0.tgz#9a302efefe75172d4f7ea3afc20f9bd983f05027"
-  integrity sha512-6dnrC4nxgnRKQzIWwC5HA0mnT9/rpDPZflUIr24gdcdSMTKM1QQcor4qQ/xz4Zerz6AIL/CuuBPypFfzsB63dQ==
+xterm@^4.4.0-beta.15:
+  version "4.4.0-beta.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm/-/xterm-4.4.0-beta.15.tgz#5897bf79d29d1a2496ccd54665aded28c341b1cc"
+  integrity sha512-Dvz1CMCYKeoxPF7uIDznbRgUA2Mct49Bq93K2nnrDU0pDMM3Sf1t9fkEyz59wxSx5XEHVdLS80jywsz4sjXBjQ==
 
 yallist@^2.1.2:
   version "2.1.2"