Auto-correct highlighting instead of bolding

Running Android version 11, this change happened very recently with a new patch. Now instead of autocorrect bolding the center word it will correct mine to, it highlights it. This is extremely distracting, as now I have a teal/blue box flashing, flashing, flashing in my peripheral vision as I'm typing. How can I make it stop highlighting and go back to its previous behavior? Edit: I seem to be running gboard.