Drop shadow size reductions

Problem:
Drop shadow applied to elements in a logo.
Logo gets scaled but the drop shadow distance does not.
Solution:
Make the logo into a PDF and import that, then the shadow is scaled correctly.
Is there a completely within InDesign solution?
Thanks,
John

In the above the distances that do not scale are the X and Y coordinates. The overal size does scale.
Thanks again

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