diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/cylinder.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/cylinder.ts
index 86329f2f3b..2ee2d319fe 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/cylinder.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/cylinder.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const createInnerCylinderPathD = (
 export const cylinder = async (parent: SVGAElement, node: Node) => {
   const { labelStyles, nodeStyles } = styles2String(node);
   node.labelStyle = labelStyles;
-  const { shapeSvg, bbox } = await labelHelper(parent, node, getNodeClasses(node));
+  const { shapeSvg, bbox, label } = await labelHelper(parent, node, getNodeClasses(node));
   const w = bbox.width + node.padding;
   const rx = w / 2;
   const ry = rx / (2.5 + w / 50);
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ export const cylinder = async (parent: SVGAElement, node: Node) => {
 
   updateNodeBounds(node, cylinder);
 
+  label.attr('transform', `translate(${-bbox.width / 2}, ${h / 2 - bbox.height})`);
+
   node.intersect = function (point) {
     const pos = intersect.rect(node, point);
     const x = pos.x - (node.x ?? 0);