diff --git a/src/scss/_variables.scss b/src/scss/_variables.scss
index 68bac47f7..66b8c77ac 100644
--- a/src/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/src/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ $btn-font-weight: $font-weight-medium !default;
 $btn-border-radius: 3px !default;
 
 //cards
+$card-title-spacer-y: 1.25rem !default;
+
 $card-border-width: $border-width !default;
 $card-border-color: $border-color-transparent !default;
 $card-border-radius: $border-radius !default;
diff --git a/src/scss/ui/_alerts.scss b/src/scss/ui/_alerts.scss
index a538aac99..a0ec9ab02 100644
--- a/src/scss/ui/_alerts.scss
+++ b/src/scss/ui/_alerts.scss
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
   border-color: transparent;
   background: var(--#{$variable-prefix}alert-color);
   color: #fff;
-  font-weight: $font-weight-medium;
 
-  .alert-icon {
+  .alert-icon,
+  .alert-link {
+    color: inherit;
+  }
+
+  .alert-link:hover {
     color: inherit;
   }
 }
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@
 .alert-title {
   font-size: $h4-font-size;
   line-height: $h4-line-height;
-  font-weight: $headings-font-weight;
+  font-weight: $font-weight-bold;
   margin-bottom: .25rem;
+  color: var(--tblr-alert-color);
 }
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diff --git a/src/scss/ui/_cards.scss b/src/scss/ui/_cards.scss
index 7fe5d26f9..4eedfb93b 100644
--- a/src/scss/ui/_cards.scss
+++ b/src/scss/ui/_cards.scss
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Card footer
 
 .card-subtitle {
   margin-top: -$card-spacer-y;
-  margin-bottom: $card-spacer-y;
+  margin-bottom: $card-title-spacer-y;
   color: $text-muted;
 
   .card-header & {