diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index ad5515a230a..21c82f28026 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@types/tether": "^1.1.27",
     "classnames": "^2.2",
     "dom4": "^1.8",
-    "normalize.css": "4.1.1",
+    "normalize.css": "^7.0.0",
     "popper.js": "^1.12.6",
     "pure-render-decorator": "^1.1",
     "react-popper": "~0.7.4",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/button/_common.scss b/packages/core/src/components/button/_common.scss
index b17608082e4..7b478b87cdd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/button/_common.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/button/_common.scss
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ $button-intents: (
   cursor: pointer;
   padding: $button-padding;
   vertical-align: middle;
+  font-family: inherit;
   font-size: $pt-font-size;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/hotkeys/_hotkeys.scss b/packages/core/src/components/hotkeys/_hotkeys.scss
index f0dda618d92..6de770a9fc9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/hotkeys/_hotkeys.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/hotkeys/_hotkeys.scss
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $modifier-key-padding: 3px 8px 3px 6px !default;
   text-align: center;
   line-height: $pt-grid-size * 2;
   color: $pt-text-color-muted;
-  font-family: $pt-font-family;
+  font-family: inherit;
   font-size: $pt-font-size-small;
 
   &.pt-modifier-key {
diff --git a/packages/docs-app/package.json b/packages/docs-app/package.json
index b57c3fbe4fa..8e5fd79c8ee 100644
--- a/packages/docs-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/docs-app/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "dom4": "^1.8.3",
     "moment": "^2.18.1",
-    "normalize.css": "~4.1.1",
+    "normalize.css": "^7.0.0",
     "popper.js": "^1.12.6",
     "pure-render-decorator": "^1.2.1",
     "react": "^15.6.1",
diff --git a/packages/table-dev-app/package.json b/packages/table-dev-app/package.json
index b3f18801e25..f8dd1d71848 100644
--- a/packages/table-dev-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/table-dev-app/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "@blueprintjs/table": "^1.31.0",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "dom4": "^1.8.3",
-    "normalize.css": "~4.1.1",
+    "normalize.css": "^7.0.0",
     "pure-render-decorator": "^1.2.1",
     "react": "^15.6.1",
     "react-dom": "^15.6.1"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4855393154e..fbd3eed2eb2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5471,9 +5471,9 @@ normalize-url@^1.4.0:
     query-string "^4.1.0"
     sort-keys "^1.0.0"
 
-normalize.css@4.1.1, normalize.css@~4.1.1:
-  version "4.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize.css/-/normalize.css-4.1.1.tgz#4f0b1d5a235383252b04d8566b866cc5fcad9f0c"
+normalize.css@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize.css/-/normalize.css-7.0.0.tgz#abfb1dd82470674e0322b53ceb1aaf412938e4bf"
 
 npm-run-all@^4.1.1, npm-run-all@^4.1.2:
   version "4.1.2"