diff --git a/assets/scss/main.css.scss b/assets/scss/main.css.scss
index 16bc529d..a7376050 100644
--- a/assets/scss/main.css.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/main.css.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
       font-size: 0.8em;
     }
   }
+
+// Upstream fix: https://github.com/uswds/uswds/pull/5187
+.usa-alert .usa-alert__body::before {
+    height: units(2);
+  }
 }
 
 .reversefootnote {