diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3.c b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3.c
index 64d2ac2963f..fbe9f243cba 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3.c	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3.c	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2023 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2022 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -1736,6 +1736,18 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL GTK3_NATIVE(gtk_1style_1context_1get_1parent)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NO_gtk_1style_1context_1invalidate
+G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL GTK3_NATIVE(gtk_1style_1context_1invalidate)
+	(JNIEnv *env, jclass that, jlong arg0)
+{
+	GTK3_NATIVE_ENTER(env, that, gtk_1style_1context_1invalidate_FUNC);
+	gtk_style_context_invalidate((GtkStyleContext *)arg0);
+	GTK3_NATIVE_EXIT(env, that, gtk_1style_1context_1invalidate_FUNC);
+}
+G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NO_gtk_1target_1list_1new
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL GTK3_NATIVE(gtk_1target_1list_1new)
 	(JNIEnv *env, jclass that, jlong arg0, jint arg1)
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3_stats.h b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3_stats.h
index 05b2dc758ad..387870e7ae4 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3_stats.h	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/library/gtk3_stats.h	
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	gtk_1style_1context_1get_1font_FUNC,
 	gtk_1style_1context_1get_1padding_FUNC,
 	gtk_1style_1context_1get_1parent_FUNC,
+	gtk_1style_1context_1invalidate_FUNC,
 	gtk_1target_1list_1new_FUNC,
 	gtk_1target_1list_1unref_FUNC,
 	gtk_1text_1view_1get_1window_FUNC,
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/internal/gtk3/GTK3.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/internal/gtk3/GTK3.java
index 967a6eff9a9..5adb1ecbcfa 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/internal/gtk3/GTK3.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT PI/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/internal/gtk3/GTK3.java	
@@ -916,6 +916,11 @@ public class GTK3 {
 	public static final native boolean gtk_css_provider_load_from_data(long css_provider, byte[] data, long length, long error[]);
 
 	/* GtkStyleContext */
+	/**
+	 * @method flags=ignore_deprecations
+	 * @param context cast=(GtkStyleContext *)
+	 */
+	public static final native void gtk_style_context_invalidate(long context);
 	/**
 	 * @param screen cast=(GdkScreen *)
 	 * @param provider cast=(GtkStyleProvider *)
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
index ee564ae93fa..224dab38809 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
@@ -5307,6 +5307,7 @@ void setBackgroundGdkRGBA (long handle, GdkRGBA rgba) {
 
 	long context = GTK.gtk_widget_get_style_context(handle);
 	setBackgroundGdkRGBA(context, handle, rgba);
+	if (!GTK.GTK4) GTK3.gtk_style_context_invalidate(context);
 }
 /**
  * Sets the receiver's background image to the image specified
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Display.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Display.java
index 51cec98b04e..0df349dda82 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Display.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Display.java	
@@ -3220,6 +3220,7 @@ void initializeSystemColorsList(long shellContext) {
 	GTK.gtk_style_context_save (shellContext);
 	GTK.gtk_style_context_add_class(shellContext, GTK.GTK_STYLE_CLASS_VIEW);
 	GTK.gtk_style_context_add_class(shellContext, GTK.GTK_STYLE_CLASS_CELL);
+	if (!GTK.GTK4) GTK3.gtk_style_context_invalidate(shellContext);
 
 	COLOR_LIST_FOREGROUND_RGBA = styleContextGetColor (shellContext, GTK.GTK_STATE_FLAG_NORMAL);
 	COLOR_LIST_BACKGROUND_RGBA = styleContextEstimateBackgroundColor(shellContext, GTK.GTK_STATE_FLAG_NORMAL);
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Text.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Text.java
index 493c9614cbf..c6f99130fed 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Text.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Text.java	
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ void createHandle (int index) {
 			long context = GTK.gtk_widget_get_style_context(handle);
 			String background = display.gtk_rgba_to_css_string(display.COLOR_LIST_BACKGROUND_RGBA);
 			gtk_css_provider_load_from_css(context, "entry {border: solid; background: " + background + ";}");
+			if (!GTK.GTK4) GTK3.gtk_style_context_invalidate(context);
 		}
 
 		float alignment = 0.0f;
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/ToolTip.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/ToolTip.java
index b58deb17e3a..9f467287625 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/ToolTip.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/ToolTip.java	
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ void createHandle (int index) {
 			GdkRGBA bgRGBA = background.handle;
 			String css = "window {background-color: " + display.gtk_rgba_to_css_string(bgRGBA) + ";}";
 			gtk_css_provider_load_from_css (context, css);
+			GTK3.gtk_style_context_invalidate (context);
 			GTK3.gtk_window_set_type_hint (handle, GDK.GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_TOOLTIP);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Tracker.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Tracker.java
index d41006ea416..d2d967f0a62 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Tracker.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Tracker.java	
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ private void setTrackerBackground(boolean opaque) {
 		GTK4.gtk_css_provider_load_from_data (provider, Converter.wcsToMbcs (css, true), -1);
 	} else {
 		GTK3.gtk_css_provider_load_from_data (provider, Converter.wcsToMbcs (css, true), -1, null);
+		GTK3.gtk_style_context_invalidate (context);
 	}
 
 	long region = Cairo.cairo_region_create ();
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java
index 9d0e934c940..ee086b24725 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java	
@@ -1851,6 +1851,8 @@ void setFontDescription(long widget, long fontDescription) {
 		// gtk_widget_override_font() copies the fields from 'fontDescription'
 		// and does not remember the pointer passed to it.
 		GTK3.gtk_widget_override_font(widget, fontDescription);
+		long context = GTK.gtk_widget_get_style_context(widget);
+		GTK3.gtk_style_context_invalidate(context);
 	}
 }