diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/modal/_modal.scss b/packages/components/src/components/modal/_modal.scss
index 09903c5be098..60e33a185e36 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/modal/_modal.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/modal/_modal.scss
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
   .#{$prefix}--modal-content {
     @include type-style('body-long-01');
 
+    position: relative;
     grid-row: 2/-2;
     grid-column: 1/-1;
     margin-bottom: $spacing-09;