diff --git a/docs/release-notes-common.md b/docs/release-notes-common.md
index 06b358155749789f4ba6bf69eca58c998c9343ec..3cc7598e2f5bc0be2d576aa65d70a1d381e7318a 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes-common.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes-common.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Allgemein
 =========
+## editor/2.4.8+player/2.4.9
+### Fehlerbehebungen
+- Korrigiert die Positionierung von vertikal ausgerichteten Optionsfeldern in Lückentexten
+
 ## editor/2.4.7+player/2.4.8
 ### Fehlerbehebungen
 - Verbesserte Bildvorschau in Dialogen (Editor) wurde rückgängig gemacht
diff --git a/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze.component.ts b/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze.component.ts
index fddca35748ea383f6494e14b361e435155352e67..9951e82cfe28f678f5a284b0c3d14653deecbd20 100644
--- a/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze.component.ts
+++ b/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze.component.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ import { ClozeChildOverlay } from './cloze-child-overlay.component';
           [style.display]="'inline-block'"
           [parentForm]="parentForm"
           [element]="$any(subPart).attrs.model"
+          [style.vertical-align]="subPart.attrs.model.type === 'toggle-button' &&
+                                    subPart.attrs.model.verticalOrientation === true ?
+                                      'middle' : 'baseline'"
           [editorMode]="editorMode"
           (elementSelected)="childElementSelected.emit($event)">
         </aspect-compound-child-overlay>