diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c59fc5e9c..83a70bc61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 * fix IE8 tests for VIDEOJS_NO_DYNAMIC_STYLE ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3215))
 * @OwenEdwards fixed links adding extra tab stop with IE by removing anchor tags on videojs init ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3194))
 * @scaryguy updated videojs cdn urls in the README ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3195))
+* @mister-ben updated the time tooltips to use the chosen font family ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3213))
 
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diff --git a/src/css/components/_progress.scss b/src/css/components/_progress.scss
index b1e4d06f0..ace8d26d7 100644
--- a/src/css/components/_progress.scss
+++ b/src/css/components/_progress.scss
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 .video-js .vjs-progress-control:hover .vjs-time-tooltip,
 .video-js .vjs-progress-control:hover .vjs-mouse-display:after,
 .video-js .vjs-progress-control:hover .vjs-play-progress:after {
-  font-family: VideoJS;
+  font-family: $text-font-family;
   visibility: visible;
   font-size: 0.6em;
 }