diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/data-table/sort/_data-table-sort.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/data-table/sort/_data-table-sort.scss
index b70b8e8c1ce4..ceb74733b675 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/data-table/sort/_data-table-sort.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/data-table/sort/_data-table-sort.scss
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     > .#{$prefix}--table-header-label {
     padding-right: $spacing-05;
     padding-left: $spacing-05;
+    line-height: 1;
   }
 
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